Bug#597790: missing umount in context menu

[Josselin Mouette]

Le mercredi 13 octobre 2010 à 18:44 +0200, Alain Rpnpif a écrit : 
> If ejectable devices as CD or DVD can be distinguished of only removable
> devices as USB stick, I suggest for USB stick to display unmount or
> detach instead of eject. Detach is a word more comprehensive for users.
> But I think also that it is not a good thing to mimic MS Windows
> vocabulary : unmount has a sense.

For USB sticks, eject is not displayed, unless this is a buggy device
that advertises itself as a removable media drive. Instead you see the
“safely remove” item.

If we don’t show “unmount”, there is the problem with multiple-partition
disks. If we show it, it’s confusing for users who don’t know the
difference with safe removal.

Which is why I don’t have a magical solution to propose. I don’t think
the underlying APIs expose whether or not there are several partitions
attached to the same disk.

Cheers,
-- 
 .''`.      Josselin Mouette
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