From: Mike B. <mi...@ze...> - 2011-01-10 19:20:55
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On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 17:51:53 +0100 Dave Andreoli <da...@gu...> wrote: > I'm really interested in the network mount, to use in a mediacenter I'm > writing. I will wait the release of eeze 1.1 to try it 'couse > I have no time at the moment, and because my app is written in python > and so I will also need to write eeze python bindings... > Please keep up this great work :) > > I will also use eeze in the Places module as soon as you relese the 1.1 > > DaveMDS > > > Il giorno sabato 25 dicembre 2010, Mike Blumenkrantz > <mi...@ze...> ha scritto: > > Over the next week I'll finally get around to finishing the implementation > > of eeze mount support (from the 1.1 branch) in e17 that I've been working on > > irregularly for some time. Given that eeze mounting is quite a bit more > > flexible than the mount functionality of other desktops, this gives us some > > potentially interesting options that I'd like to guage interest in: > > > > *network fs mounting (FUSE/NFS/etc) > > *other partition mounting (ie. anything not currently mounted) > > *disk image mounting > > > > Eeze 1.1 already supports all of the above through currently existing api > > calls, and so if these are features that we are interested in then I am > > willing to write all of the necessary backend eeze code to make it work. > > What I would need, however, is someone who knows the E widget api and > > whatnot to create the gui (can be done however you like, I can even write > > the eeze code to your specifications) since I have no knowledge of it and > > no desire to learn it at this moment. > > > > Some other possibly interesting features to consider/comment on based on > > eeze 1.1 functionality that people may not be aware of: > > > > *static disk properties - eeze is able to "track" all disks so that > > we can save properties for them > > *realtime *tab monitoring/parsing - eeze can be set to automatically track > > fstab and mtab, allowing the user to mount/unmount things based on any > > matching property (/sys/$path, /dev/$path, uuid, hardware info/type, > > filesystem, etc) which could be useful in apps such as enjoy to use for > > synchronizing external mp3 players > > *simple api for gathering disk infos which would be useful for an app that > > might, for instance, need to gather the specs of an attached digital camera. > > > > > > I'll probably bump this thread in a couple weeks for people who are on > > vacation since e17's release is some time off and these are some useful > > features that would make e shine (sshfs mounting remote disks on an > > embedded device anyone? :)) > > -- > > Mike Blumenkrantz > > Zentific: We run the three-legged race individually. > > Check out my recent work in efm with udisks, you should probably integrate that into places module as well. -- Mike Blumenkrantz Zentific: NULL pointer dereferences now 50% off! |