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diff --git a/doc/design/assistant/blog/day_40__dbus/comment_1_43ed2a79629868b018ec9f54a32bcacc._comment b/doc/design/assistant/blog/day_40__dbus/comment_1_43ed2a79629868b018ec9f54a32bcacc._comment
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@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawl9sYlePmv1xK-VvjBdN-5doOa_Xw-jH4U"
+ nickname="Richard"
+ subject="dbus vs polling"
+ date="2012-07-19T17:38:40Z"
+ content="""
+I am running KDE, dbus, and I like to mount drives by hand; all that without bothering to set up /etc/fstab... Often from CLI so I don't even see the notifications for new drives.
+
+Especially while on the road, I will use no KDE, but just a tty or three. Still, dbus will be running.
+
+Long story short, I would need polling for the assistant to work flawlessly in all use cases.
+"""]]
diff --git a/doc/design/assistant/syncing.mdwn b/doc/design/assistant/syncing.mdwn
index 12dc0aa3e..f8ad3c13f 100644
--- a/doc/design/assistant/syncing.mdwn
+++ b/doc/design/assistant/syncing.mdwn
@@ -10,9 +10,15 @@ all the other git clones, at both the git level and the key/value level.
   on remotes, and transfer. But first, need to ensure that when a remote
   receives content, and updates its location log, it syncs that update
   out.
+* When MountWatcher detects a newly mounted drive, rescan git remotes
+  in order to get ones on the drive, and do a git sync and file transfers
+  to sync any repositories on it.
 
 ## longer-term TODO
 
+* Test MountWatcher on KDE, and add whatever dbus events KDE emits when
+  drives are mounted.
+* Test MountWatcher on Gnome (should work ok) and LXDE (dunno).
 * git-annex needs a simple speed control knob, which can be plumbed
   through to, at least, rsync. A good job for an hour in an
   airport somewhere.
@@ -23,8 +29,6 @@ all the other git clones, at both the git level and the key/value level.
 * Add a hook, so when there's a change to sync, a program can be run
    and do its own signaling.
 * --debug will show often unnecessary work being done. Optimise.
-* It would be nice if, when a USB drive is connected, 
-   syncing starts automatically. Use dbus on Linux?
 * This assumes the network is connected. It's often not, so the
   [[cloud]] needs to be used to bridge between LANs.
 * Configurablity, including only enabling git syncing but not data transfer;