Rogério Brito writes:
> Dear George,
> 
> On Jan 30 2010, George Danchev wrote:
> > Looking at growisofs.c I can see that O_EXCL is actually used now
> > and this bug could be closed. If you agree please behave
> > accordingly.
> 
> By "you" do you mean the maintainers of the package or the bug
> submitter? If you meant the maintainers, then I'll gladly close it.

I meant the maintainers of the package, i.e. you, since I don't want to close 
the bug without your approval. I'm also willing to help you to reduce your bug 
log, please see:

http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-opt-media-team/2010-
January/000082.html

However I do believe that this can be achieved in a more efficient way:

http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2010/01/msg00642.html
 
> Do you suggest to put a warning in NEWS.Debian to notice that the O_EXCL
> is just advisory and not mandatory in Linux and that other applications
> have to cooperate here?

Well, this would be useful to some extend, though I believe that folks 
involved in burning already know that, so do whatever works for you.

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