From d3423d5a0b44e07de2123b3190722e2299bb5baa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 12:37:29 -0400 Subject: comment --- .../comment_1_c41140289f9b062e96cfd5d9d5382155._comment | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/todo/show_readonly_removable_drives_in_the_webapp/comment_1_c41140289f9b062e96cfd5d9d5382155._comment (limited to 'doc/todo/show_readonly_removable_drives_in_the_webapp/comment_1_c41140289f9b062e96cfd5d9d5382155._comment') diff --git a/doc/todo/show_readonly_removable_drives_in_the_webapp/comment_1_c41140289f9b062e96cfd5d9d5382155._comment b/doc/todo/show_readonly_removable_drives_in_the_webapp/comment_1_c41140289f9b062e96cfd5d9d5382155._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..faa49bf14 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/show_readonly_removable_drives_in_the_webapp/comment_1_c41140289f9b062e96cfd5d9d5382155._comment @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 1""" + date="2014-10-21T16:33:25Z" + content=""" +The webapp only shows drives the user can write to, because +in general, there are a vast number of mounted things in modern +OS's that the user would be very puzzled to see listed as removable +drives. Such as tmpfs and cgroup mount points, and efi boot partitions. +Complicating the webapp with knowledge to filter such things out would be a +constantly losing battle. + +I guess it would be ok to add a "not listed here?" link in the webapp +that allowed chosing from a full list or entering the path by hand. +"""]] -- cgit v1.2.3