Hello, I have written and packaged a script to automatically mount and unmount USB mass storage devices (e.g. USB memory pens) when they are plugged in or removed. The script is invoked by udev.
To solicit opinions, I posted about it to debian-mentors list last October: http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2004/10/msg00308.html In the course of the discussion I got the impression that this way of automatically (un)mounting USB devices was not percieved as a good idea. In particular, it was pointed out that similar functionality can be achieved with the pmount package. Therefore, I didn't try to find a sponsor at that time. However, my package continued to remain useful for me despite the existence of pmount, mainly because I don't use a desktop environment. pmount develops its real power when used in combination with HAL. As a standalone application, pmount requires the user to know the filename of the device node, so IMHO it solves a different problem than my package. For this reason, I have made the latter available as an unofficial package from my webpage: http://www.zero-based.org/debian/usbmount.html Today, Rafael Laboissiere has contacted me with an offer to sponsor my package. After having read the discussion on debian-mentors (of which he had been unaware), he still agreed with me that my package could be useful to users who don't use a desktop environment, and he suggested that I ask other Debian developers for their opinion. So, the question is: Should usbmount be included in Debian? Thanks, Martin PS: Rafael has asked that all mails regarding this topic are CC'ed to him, please. M-F-T header set accordingly. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
