[OE-core] [CONSOLIDATED PULL 00/18] Final Review Pending

[Burton, Ross]

On 15 July 2013 10:24, Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton at linux.intel.com> wrote:
>> Hongxu Jia (5):
>>   pmount: add version 0.9.23
>>   udev-extraconf:fix xuser write to usb storage failed
>>   udev: fix invoking pmount failed based on sysvinit
>>   pmount: allow users in disk group to perform pmount/pumount
>>   xuser-account: add xuser to disk group
>
> I have some reservations about these changes. pmount is obsolete
> according to its author:
>
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/2011-February/012421.html
>
> I appreciate it may solve the problem we're trying to solve but we need
> to be pretty confident about pulling this in before we do so since we'll
> likely be supporting it ourselves.

Agreed.  pmount solves a problem but it's unmaintained and going
forwards we need to sort out our at_console/polkit/etc story, and this
is part of it.  I'd been meaning to take a good look at this series
today, can we pull it for now?

Ross