On Saturday 18 November 2006 11:33, Adrian von Bidder wrote: > On Friday 17 November 2006 15:22, George Danchev wrote: > > * `cd-burner' -- could be provided by wodim, cdrskin, (cdrdao ?) > > * `dvd-burner' -- could be provided by wodim, dvd+rw-tools and > > dvdrecord > > I don't know the programs in question exactly, but how likely is it that > even wodim and cdrecord will stay commandline compatible? > > If they can't be used with the exact same commandline, there's no sense in > providing these virtual packages because the programs need explicit support > for each of those programs. (And especially with these writing > applications, arcane options need to be specified in many cases, so it's > not a case of a common API with some few extra options a backend might use > if it has specific support.)
Fair concern, but this is also true for other already existing virtual packages -- editor comes to mind. Isn't it more important what a functionality is being provided, and not so important how it is provided. -- pub 4096R/0E4BD0AB 2003-03-18 <people.fccf.net/danchev/key pgp.mit.edu> fingerprint 1AE7 7C66 0A26 5BFF DF22 5D55 1C57 0C89 0E4B D0AB -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
