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diff --git a/txt/gvfs_dbus.txt b/txt/gvfs_dbus.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 86ac19ac..00000000 --- a/txt/gvfs_dbus.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,65 +0,0 @@ -how to chain to simple stuff - -how to parse uris (i.e. map to mounts) - -what connections do we have: -shared dbus connection -connection to main daemom -connection to each mount daemon - -"fast ops" (uri->gfile) vs blocking ops (read, open etc) and how to avoid slow blocking fast - - -each thread has, on demand: -connection to main daemon -connection to some mount daemons - -global state: -cache of previously used mountpoints - - -how to mount - -how to store/restore permanent mounts with the session => store as drives (mountpoints), not volumes! - -Don't always want to log in to all mounts on login? (mounpoints!) - -computer:// handled in main daemon? - -No volume monitor in public API, only computer:// ? -Problems: -* mounted (desktop/computer:, trash dir) -* unmounted/pre_unmount (desktop/computer:, close windows on unmounted volumes, trash dir) -* map path to volume (close windows on unmounted volumes, check for readonly mount, get volume name) -* get all drives/volumes (detecting where to show eject, mount, unmount menu items, - tree view, places sidebar, display volume icon in pathbar) -* eject/unmount ops -* needs eject - -unmounted URI => return a mountpoint object? - -GMountOperation, async mount operation object -signals => passwd, question, keyring? - -GFile mountpoint => GMountOperation - -What process calls gnome-keyring? - - - --------------------- - -GFile creation => decompose URI, no i/o - -on i/o: - * figure out mountpoint (for now, always toplevel uri location) - * if we have a local dbus connection to that, use it, otherwise: - + create (if needed) local session dbus connection - + ask for mount daemon for new session - - If not existing, error on i/o, return mountpoint type on get_info - + set up new local connection with the mount daemon - * send dbus message - * recieve answer, if has magic flag, followed by fd sendmsg() (created by socketpair()) - - - |