Suggestion to Remove KFloppy and hold back K3b

[Boudhayan Gupta]

I really don't see why this has to exist. Anyone who uses floppies in
this day and age knows how to use a command line to do a low level
format. Anything else can be done using the usual tools - KParted,
etc.

Freundliche Grüße
Boudhayan Gupta
KDE e.V. - Sysadmin and Community Working Groups
+49 151 71032970


On 21 February 2017 at 23:34, Wolfgang Bauer <wbauer at tmo.at> wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 16. Februar 2017, 00:34:38 schrieb Luigi Toscano:
>> Really, please, let's try to find another solution than running as root.
>
> Yes, of course..
>
> I'd like to clarify a bit though:
> I did (and do) prefer the kauth solution.
>
> I only considered offering to restart the application as root (in case of
> insufficient permissions only) as a temporary "stop-gap measure", because it
> seemed to be easier/quicker to implement.
>
> But anyway, I will *not* do it. Promised.
>
> Kind Regards,
> Wolfgang
>