#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 AlbertCahalan):

 Replying to [comment:16 tomeu]:
 > Replying to [comment:15 gnu]:

 > > 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.

 With the word being "guides", not "rules", OK.

 Subject to the contraint "the system will not read any non-user files from
 untrusted media", the UI designer should feel encouraged to make UI
 suggestions. The developers can respond as appropriate with "yes", "sorry,
 impossible", "sorry, too slow", etc.

 Except as explicitly indicated by the user, the system must not make any
 attempt to interpret any untrusted data beyond the filesystem structure.
 To do otherwise would invite viruses/worms.

 Of course, there is no point in writing files that you must not ever read.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/4406#comment:17>
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