On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 6:43 PM, John H. Robinson, IV <jaq...@debian.org> wrote: >> Compatible with what? Bugs in other implementations? >> What does that really gain us? > > The ability for the discs to be read on as many systems as possible. I'm > not going to pretend to know what all someone else may need to do with > the data, but making it as readable as possible is certainly a laudable > goal.
Sure, but is it more important than other goals like supporting long filenames? > A plausible scenario is someone having downloaded the images, burned > them, and is now trying to read them prior to installation. If they are > performing this on a Microsoft or Apple OS, and the filenames are > corrupted, the implication is that the images are either corrupt or the > burn was otherwise bad. What Apple and MS OSs are affected? -- Olaf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/AANLkTin-dxD5Nq3XKmuUs=2EJ=JzHMFFbhtxHkaep=j...@mail.gmail.com
