automount ntfs volumes (was ntfs volume and locale= option)

[Michael Biebl]

2008/10/11 Szabolcs Szakacsits <szaka at ntfs-3g.org>:
>
> On Sat, 11 Oct 2008, Danny Kukawka wrote:
>> On Freitag, 10. Oktober 2008, Robby Workman wrote:
>> > On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:13:53 +0300 (EEST)
>> > Szabolcs Szakacsits <szaka at ntfs-3g.org> wrote:
>> [...]
>> > > If we shipped several config files for the different HAL versions
>> > > then we wouldn't be able to on-the-fly replace them when HAL changes.
>> >
>> > Why not ship an fdi file that works with currently released hal source?
>
> Unfortunately we have a very rigid quality assurance and warranty.
> Something either works stable everywhere and we fully support it,
> or we don't support it at all.
>
> This way users know what they can expect from us. People tend to be highly
> careful and paranoid with file systems and they typically dislike any kind
> of uncertainty.
>
> Compatibility with the latest released HAL source would cover less than 5%
> of the users. It's not worth to create an even bigger confusion and trying
> to support different HAL official and patched releases which fundamentally
> has nothing to do with file system development.

As Danny said, hal has been pretty stable in that regard.
Could you please elaborate (with concrete details), where  there are
problems within hal which make it impossible for you to ship such an
fdi file.
I highly doubt, that it is not possible to create such a reference fdi
file within ntfs-3g which would work for the majority of users (and
distros)


> I see three potential solutions:
>
>  1. Ntfs-3g includes something which works everywhere and we will fully
>    support it in the future.

I like Dan's proposal. You could ship a refererence fdi file which is
*not* installed by default.
ntfs-3g package maintainers could use this fdi file as base for their fdi file.

>  2. Distribution maintainers include the proper HAL config which works
>    with their shipped HAL version. This is how it is done now.

Actuallly, this is not done atm. I don't know a distribution, where
the ntfs-3g package ships a proper fdi file.

That's one of the reasons why I started this discussion.
If we can agree on a best-practice how to address this issue, and you
as upstream lead the way, then I'm certain most distros would follow.

Cheers,
Michael


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