thanks fedora

[Robert Holtzman]

On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 08:35:02AM +0100, Angus MacGyver wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-09-21 at 22:49 -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 10:43:32PM -0400, Tom H wrote:
> > > 
> > > Even though I think that it is a silly change, I am curious: in what
> > > way is changing "unmount" to "safely remove drive" not a cosmetic
> > > change?
> > 
> > Maybe I wasn't clear. I didn't mean to imply that it *wasn't* a cosmetic
> > change. It certainly is. Sorry.
> > 
> 
> It is a functional change...
> 
> unmount = umount *ONLY* that partition
> 
> safely remove drive = umount *ALL* partitions on that device (if they
> can be - otherwise it warns) and signal USB port to disconnect the power
> (drives spin down now, they didn't before)
> 
> big difference. (see my other mail as to why it is for me)
> 
> (just tested and confirmed this on a 9.10 versus a 10.04)

The "Safely Remove...." change is cosmetic. There is indeed a functional
change but that is unconnected to the legend. 

-- 
Bob Holtzman
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