#4406 HIGH Future : XO leaves trash on USB sticks

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#4406: XO leaves trash on USB sticks
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  Reporter:  gnu        |       Owner:  tomeu                            
      Type:  defect     |      Status:  new                              
  Priority:  high       |   Milestone:  Future Release                   
 Component:  datastore  |     Version:  Development build as of this date
Resolution:             |    Keywords:                                   
  Verified:  0          |    Blocking:                                   
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Comment(by tomeu):

 Replying to [comment:15 gnu]:
 > We have had the opportunity for five months (since this bug was filed)
 to make sure that nobody will ever say "They created this key on an OLPC,
 so there were trash files which caused errors to the application we later
 plugged the key into".  So far the team is still arguing about the color
 of the bikeshed rather than the fact that USB sticks are not zoned to have
 ANY bikesheds on them.

 The problem here is that a major redesign of the DS is scheduled, but this
 task hasn't been resourced yet. So, while we wait, we interchange ideas
 about how things could be done. Do you feel offended by this?

 > I think the involvement of the UI designer (Eben) is inappropriate.
 This bug is not about the UI.  This bug is about what gets written to the
 USB keys.  Eben should play no part in deciding that issue.  There may be
 a separate bug (which, if so, someone should file) along the lines of "GUI
 for USB keys is inappropriate or clumsy", or "GUI can't do X for files
 that it has no metadata about".  Those possible bugs are not this bug.

 User experience guides implementation, not gnu's distaste of system-
 created hidden files.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/4406#comment:16>
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