[SailfishDevel] [Not TLS] [Update] Changelog for SailfishOS update 4 (1.0.4.20)

[Bernd Wachter]

Graham Cobb <g+jolla at cobb.uk.net> writes:

> On 17/03/14 18:52, Bernd Wachter wrote:
>> we're finally releasing update4 today. The changelog can be found (and
>> commented on) here:
>
> Aaargh!  You moved the mountpoint for the sdcard.  And it isn't even
> predictable now!!!  I didn't find that in the changelog.

We didn't provide an official, stable way to access the SD card so
far. I explicitely stated in an earlier reply to this list that you
should not rely on the SD card being available at the current location:

https://lists.sailfishos.org/pipermail/devel/2014-January/003150.html

> Please, please, please, please provide a (supported) softlink in the
> /home/nemo directory to the sdcard.  I call the softlink "My SD Card"
> and it works very well (or did, before you screwed around with the
> mountpoint).

If you only use one SD card you can still use that link on your
device -- the mountpount is based on the filesystems uuid.

We won't provide a default symlink for mainly two reasons:
- it would not work with multi partition SD cards
- SD card has different speeds and different level of data integrity
  than the internal storage. Additionally the SD card may be removed at
  any time, which requires applications to close open files on the SD
  card. For stable use supportable by use applications therefore need to
  be aware which storage they're using.

We're currently investigating if QStorageInfo is fully suitable for
providing SD card access, and will update developer FAQs once done.

Bernd