Thoughts about libhal-storage

[Jérôme Lodewyck]

Hi,

 I lately updated kvm to make use of libhal-storage, and have a few remarks :

1/ there is an extra underscore in libhal-storage.h at #define  
LIBHAL_STORAGE__H (caused a lot of insults from gcc !)

2/ about icons : in kde, we don't really deal with icons, but with mimetypes. 
When attributing a mimetype to a device, it is automatically associated to 
the icon defined in the mimetype .desktop file. Would it make sense to define 
a mimetype policy, instead of an icon policy ?

3/ always about mimetypes/icons : in kde, they all have two versions : one 
with _mounted suffix, one with _unmounted ("mounted" icons boast a gracefull 
green triangle indicating that the device is mounted). What about it ?

4/ in kvm, a systray icon listing devices and making unmount operation easy. 
This icon lists "devices that should be unmounted by the user before 
unplugging"
The question is : What is the hal property corresponding to this sentence :
 - storage.hotpluggable ?
 - storage.removable ?
 - both ?
 - something else ?

5/ is the device name suitable ? For example, my usb key is named "512 M 
remobable media", whereas in my opinion "DataTraveler, 512 M" would be better 
(info.product key) since this is the name written on the key...

6/ I vote in favor of the hotplug-map patch for debian libgphoto2 usbmaps

Bye,

Jérôme
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