replacing the Startup Disk Creator

[Nio Wiklund]

Den 2015-09-25 kl. 21:45, skrev flocculant at gmx.co.uk:
> On 25/09/15 20:32, chris hermansen wrote:
>> [snip]
>>
>> Well, that may be the case, but in the circumstances at hand, making a
>> bootable USB stick for Ubuntu 15.10 beta amd64 from an up-to-date
>> Ubuntu 15.04 amd64 system hardly strikes me as some edge case that can
>> be safely ignored by instructing the people concerned to use a more
>> mainstream procedure.
>>
>> Anyway.  I don't have a dog in this "let's replace usb-creator-gtk
>> race"; I'm just trying to do my Ubuntu QA volunteer thing and the tool
>> at hand is broken.  I leave it to you all to figure out whether the
>> tool needs fixing or replacing.
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Chris Hermansen · clhermansen "at" gmail "dot" com
>>
>> C'est ma façon de parler.
> I see the same issues - don't misunderstand me. Mostly.
> 
> I rarely see issue with SDC as ~1 week after dev releases - I'll be
> using the next unreleased. I AM an edge case ;)
> 
> I'm all for getting this fixed - but if we start worrying about things
> said before (and are now not supported) we'll get nowhere fast.
> 
> For the record - I've given up using anything but gnome-disks. Which
> gives me a working tool each and everytime, from wherever and for
> whatever - I have had problems with other apps/coomands of one sort of
> the other since ~2009
> 
> Unetbootin used to be fine - now it's not.
> 
> I have no interest in persistence ever.
> 
> I've no interest in pushing dd to people who aren't aware of how to
> partition - the linux for humans mantra should be forefront in what we
> do imho.
> 

Hi again flocculant,

If the deciding forum does not want to replace the SDC with any existing
alternative, and cannot make it work with the existing engine under the
hood, would you think it is a good idea to remove persistence by making
it clone the iso files ('with a safely belt' like gnome-disks and mkusb do)?

I think it is a good idea. Oh damn, I forgot that you always disagree
with me ;-)

Best regards
Nio