From kde-devel Wed Mar 14 21:40:38 2012 From: Anant Kamath Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:40:38 +0000 To: kde-devel Subject: Re: GSoC Idea : S.M.A.R.T. HDD health info and monitoring Message-Id: X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-devel&m=133176058812239 MIME-Version: 1 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="--===============0373129201140023934==" --===============0373129201140023934== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0015174c39d6a0e86804bb3aa879 --0015174c39d6a0e86804bb3aa879 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 06:36, Parker Coates wrote: The KDE Partition Manager already has some support for SMART reporting. [1] So you might want to continue your investigation there. Parker Having looked at this : http:k3b project//blog.volker-lanz.de/2010/05/29/new-in-kde-partition-manager-1-1-ii-smart-status-reports it seems that most of the features that I proposed in my original email have been implemented in the KDE partition manager, though not released as yet. The author is unclear about when the new version (1.1) with the S.M.A.R.T features will be released, that post in the link above being made almost two years ago! It does not seem contain an interface for notifications / scheduling tests though.. ' Considering all this, especially the fact that a major chunk of original proposal has been implemented (somewhat) elsewhere (but not looking like it's going to be released anytime soon)... I feel a bit lost now, and unsure of how to proceed with this part of the proposal.. On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 9:43 PM, Alex Fiestas wrote: > I'd add one more thing to this GSoC which is "Disk Management", basically > this > includes: > 1-Creating iso-s from optical mediums > 2-Be able to mount the iso's > 3-Burn these iso's into an optical medium > I would like to implement these features too.. although I'm not sure I understand the 3rd point.. As Shantanu Tushar pointed out, k3b does this.. Wouldn't it suffice / or perhaps be more ideal to add a context menu entry to dolphin,konqueror,etc. for iso files, which would launch a k3b project with the iso file loaded? --0015174c39d6a0e86804bb3aa879 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 
On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 06:36, Parker Coates wrote:
   The KDE Part=
ition Manager already has some support for SMART
   reporting. [1] So you might want to cont=
inue your investigation there.

   Parker

Having looked at this : http:k3b projec=
t//blog.volker-lanz.de/2010/05/29/new-in-kde-partition-manager-1-1-ii-smart=
-status-reports 

it seems that most of the features that I proposed in my original email hav=
e been implemented in the KDE partition manager, though not released as yet=
.
The author is unclear about when the new version (1.1) with the S.M.A.=
R.T features  will be released, that post in the link above being made almo=
st two 

years ago! 

It does not seem contain an interface for notifications =
/ scheduling tests though..
'
Considering all this, especially th=
e fact that a major chunk of original proposal has been implemented (somewh=
at) elsewhere (but not looking like it's going to be released anytime s=
oon)...

I feel a bit lost now, and unsure of how to proceed with this part of the p=
roposal..

On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 9:43 PM, Alex Fiestas <afiestas@kde.org> wrote:
> I'=
d add one more thing to this GSoC which is "Disk Management", bas=
ically
> this
> includes:
> 1-Creating iso-s from optical mediums
> 2-Be able to mount the iso's
> 3-Burn these iso's into an optical medium
>
I would like to implement these features too.. although I'm not=
 sure I understand the 3rd point.. As Shantanu Tushar pointed out, k3b does=
 this..
Wouldn't it suffice / or perhaps be more ideal to add a cont=
ext menu entry to dolphin,konqueror,etc. for iso files, which would launch =
a k3b project with the iso file loaded?


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