Removable devices should be automounted synchronously
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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usbmount (Debian) |
Fix Released
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Unknown
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usbmount (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Rogério Theodoro de Brito |
Bug Description
I think that when you plug in something like a USB dongle, it should be mounted synchronously (-o sync) instead of in buffered mode.
For me, this is far preferable to the minute performance gain gotten by mounting the device in buffered mode. You're very unlikely to be using such devices for anything except data storage/retreival, in which case mounting synchronously is a major benefit. We're looking to make Ubuntu easier to use for new users, right? Well expecting them to know you have to right-click, 'unmount', before removing the drive is IMHO unreasonable. It's also irritating for people like me who know you need to do it, but either occasionally forget or don't want to bother.
Mount the thing synchronously by default. This is what Windows XP does, and it allows you to just remove the drive after any file transfers have finished. Yes, problems will occur if you remove it durung a file transfer, but that's gonna happen in ANY mount mode. It's far more obvious to the user that this will cause a problem than removal of the drive before unmounting. Also stop displaying that 'unsafe device removal' message for devices mounted synchronously.
I think this would make Ubuntu more intuative and easier to use.
Changed in usbmount: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in usbmount (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Committed |
Changed in usbmount (Debian): | |
status: | Unknown → Fix Released |
Changed in usbmount (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
And how would the system know if this is a small USB key or an integral part of the operating system on an external USB hard drive? In the latter case the 'small' gain (I know nothing about the gain) would be very important.