[Pkg-mc-devel] [--enable-vfs-smb=yes] for next version?

Dmitry Smirnov onlyjob at member.fsf.org
Thu Mar 1 08:22:47 UTC 2012


> > Worst case: we're likely to get bug reports specifically regarding this
> > feature. (can we add "unsupported" disclaimer ?)
> 
> I'm afraid I do not understand what you mean by "unsupported" disclaimer.

:) Something about us not taking responsibility for vfs-smb. :)
(Just kidding)


> > I tried it, it works, non-latin file names are broken.
> 
> Guess you are using RU locale, right?  That's pretty cool if people are
> using other than EN locale because it ensures better testing.

Not quite, I prefer English only...
I still have access to one windows machine where they use 1251 and what I got 
with "mount -t cifs" and vfs-smb was very different...

I do not test MC with RU locale.

> 
> > Even as it is now it is not worthless so I'm considering enabling it,
> > after request from one of our users.
> > 
> > Any objections or reasons why we shouldn't do it?
> 
> I do not miss this feature but do not have any objections.

Neither do I, but I thought for somebody vfs-smb could be handy to browse SMB 
share... For a moment I'm not too sure if it is worth enabling.

Cheers,
Dmitry.



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