Joerg Schilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The big problem on Linux seems to be that there is no such service > on the base OS.
The big problem is that people want features added to the OS which belong as applications. > Solaris includes the volmgt since 1992 and they recently created > a documentation for a library interface that allows to selectively > disable the volmgt service for a specific drive. I think you're saying Solaris has had a bug which caused it to grab a CD unasked, and there was no documentation for eight years on how to prevent this? > If I have the time, I will add support for it in the near future. > > If Linux likes to stay maintainable it should create a base OS service > with a known interface rather than allowing several GUI implementations > to come out with different incompatible solutions. This is not a base OS service, this is a behaviour which can easily be provided by several applications to work the way the user wishes, and it no more belongs in the OS than a program to play music when a user gets mail. -- -bill davidsen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) "The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the last possible moment - but no longer" -me -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
