Gilles Dartiguelongue wrote: > Le lundi 06 juillet 2009 à 14:18 -0700, Josh Saddler a écrit : >> Sebastian Pipping wrote: >>> Rémi Cardona wrote: >>>> And now for some bikeshedding fun, which flag are we going to keep? ;) >>> My vote would be for cdaudio as that >>> >>> - is more general (including analog playback) >>> - is more user friendly >>> >>> but let those decide who "implement" it. >> I'm also in favor of cdaudio: it's a bit more self-explanatory. I also >> think it's better to have such a generic description for apps that use >> libcdio/cdparanoia/cddb combinations, such as the package I maintain, >> media-sound/decibel-audio-player. > > As I said in [1], cdda has a precise meaning and cdaudio is all but a > blurry alternative. Also your examples are bad because they are blurring > the definition even more. Are we talking audio cdrom ripping, audio cd > data retrieving or simple audio cd playing support ? > > [1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=274818#c1 > > While cdda might be the correct technical term, how many users will actually recognize what it means? Personally I think "cdaudio" (or, to throw in another alternative "audiocd") would be recognized by most users as support for playing audio cd's (as in the things you buy in the shops and stick into any stereo made in the last 15+ years).
Are users really going to want to fine-tune between just playing or also being able to rip/write audio cd's? A quick check with "quse -D cdaudio cdda" (below) shows that the current use flag descriptions, as far as I read them, don't make any discrepancy between these definitions anyway - they all basically say "play audio cd's" to me (with some additionally enabling cddb, which as a side note already has a global use flag) Current use flag descriptions: local:cdaudio:media-plugins/audacious-plugins: Enable cd audio playback support local:cdaudio:media-sound/amarok: Enable cdaudio functionality local:cdaudio:media-sound/decibel-audio-player: Adds support for CD audio playback and lookups via CDDB local:cdaudio:media-sound/mpfc: Enable cd audio playback support local:cdaudio:media-sound/picard: Enable support for CD Index Lookups. local:cdda:gnome-base/gvfs: Enables Compact Disc Digital Audio (standard audio CDs) support local:cdda:media-sound/aqualung: Enables libcdda cd audio playback support local:cdda:media-video/vlc: Enables audio CD and VCD playback support. So ultimately, this isn't even bike shedding in my opinion. There's only one color to paint with anyway. AllenJB
