Unmounting DVD/CDROM

[Marr]

On Tuesday 04 October 2011 13:58:06 Jannis Pohlmann wrote:
> On Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:44:40 +0300 Jarmo Hurri <jarmo.hurri at syk.fi> wrote:
> > In short: how does one unmount a DVD/CDROM as a regular user in XFCE
> > without ejecting the disk?
> > 
> Actually, gvfs-mount -u (or exo-mount -u) is the only way at the
> moment. I am aware that a lot of people want unmount as a separate
> feature in addition to eject and I will add it back in upcoming
> versions of Thunar.

Apologies if this is my ignorance showing (being a relatively recent convert 
to Xfce and not being a regular user of Thunar just yet), but does this also 
affect the popup-menu of the desktop icon for the optical drive(s)?

If so, that would be fantastic. I've been wanting such a feature (which was in 
KDE 3.x and used frequently by me) ever since I switched to Xfce.

Unfortunately, my search back then turned up a disappointing reply by Brian J. 
Tarricone to this May 2009 bug entry:

   https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5343

In part, Brian says: "I don't intend to allow unmount while the CD is mounted.  
Eject should be the only option."

Personally, I respectfully disagree. But since I obviously don't maintain that 
code and he does (did?), I figured there was little point in arguing about it 
when he stated his opinion so emphatically.

Glad to hear there may be such an option someday! Thanks to all who've 
contributed to Xfce!

Regards,
Bill Marr
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