On Friday 10 May 2013 00:14:52 Darrell Anderson wrote:
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Seems so odd that such a basic feature is not
included. Seems silly
to have to revert to the command line or gparted to perform such a
basic function. Traditionally formatting has been a super user
function, but with removable devices that should be a user
function. Not to disregard tradition, we probably should ensure no
Format menu options appear for fixed devices. Or mounted devices. :-
On modern systems with udisks and polkit it's easy to implement.
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Serghei