Announcing mkisofs 1.13
Hi, I'm proud to announce the release of GNU mkisofs version 1.13. This release implements a few new features relative to the previous one (mkisofs 1.12b5). But most importantly, the codebase has been updated to modern standards and the build system has been rewritten from scratch using recent GNU autotools. A source tarball for the new release can be found at: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mkisofs/mkisofs-1.13.tar.gz and its GPG detached signature [*]: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mkisofs/mkisofs-1.13.tar.gz.sig [*] You can use the above signature file to verify that the corresponding file (without the .sig suffix) is intact. First, be sure to download both the .sig file and the corresponding tarball. Then, run a command like this: gpg --verify mkisofs-1.13.tar.gz.sig If that command fails because you don't have the required public key, then run this command to import it: gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys DEA2C38E and rerun the `gpg --verify' command. This release was bootstrapped with the following tools: Gettext 0.17 Automake 1.10.1 Autoconf 2.61 As this is the first release of GNU mkisofs in more than 10 years, some explanation is in order: This program was initially written for the GNU system in 1993, by Eric Youngdale, who maintained it up untill 1997. Shortly afterwards, a derivative of GNU mkisofs was incorporated into cdrtools, the CD/DVD recording package. In 2006, the cdrtools version of mkisofs spawned another fork: genisoimage, which was included as part of cdrkit package in the Debian GNU/Linux distribution. Unfortunately, both forks of mkisofs shared the same problem: they introduced new code under terms that would made them incompatible with future versions of the GNU General Public License. Although this didn't cause any practical issues at the time, it became problematic when version 3 of the GNU GPL was released in 2007: code licensed under the incompatible terms couldn't be used by programs that adopted the new license. Because of this, the GNU project has resumed work on mkisofs, starting with modernization of the codebase, bringing it to up-to-date standards, as well as implementing some unique features that are necessary for GRUB, the GNU bootloader. -- Robert Millan Be the change you want to see in the world -- Gandhi signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Announcing mkisofs 1.13
Robert Millan r...@aybabtu.com wrote: I'm proud to announce the release of GNU mkisofs version 1.13. Could you please explain this? Do you like to confuse people with outdated software? This looks like complete nonsense. The official mkisofs is part of cdrtools since a long time and the official mkisofs that is part of cdrtools has major enhancements compared to the completely outdated stuff you present! Also note that there was an official mkisofs with version number 1.13 that has been published on July 20th 2000. This release implements a few new features relative to the previous one (mkisofs 1.12b5). But most importantly, the codebase has been updated to modern standards and the build system has been rewritten from scratch using recent GNU autotools. 1.12b5 was full of bugs. It seems that you like to fool people with buggy software. Well, your source does not even compile As this is the first release of GNU mkisofs in more than 10 years, some explanation is in order: This program was initially written for the GNU system in 1993, by Eric Youngdale, who maintained it up untill 1997. Shortly afterwards, a derivative of GNU mkisofs was incorporated into cdrtools, the CD/DVD recording package. In 2006, the cdrtools version of mkisofs spawned another fork: genisoimage, which was included as part of cdrkit package in the Debian GNU/Linux distribution. You are wrong! The mkisofs in cdrtools is _not_ a fork but the official release. You also do not mention that the even outdated version of mkisofs you are using contains code from me. If you really like to start a project on completely outdated sources, use a different name! Jörg -- EMail:jo...@schily.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin j...@cs.tu-berlin.de(uni) joerg.schill...@fokus.fraunhofer.de (work) Blog: http://schily.blogspot.com/ URL: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/private/ ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to cdwrite-requ...@other.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@other.debian.org
Re: Announcing mkisofs 1.13
* On 08.01. Joerg Schilling muttered: Well, your source does not even compile At least it compiles on my machine. Regards Til -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to cdwrite-requ...@other.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@other.debian.org
Re: Announcing mkisofs 1.13
Til Schubbe li...@lists.schubbe.org wrote: Well, your source does not even compile At least it compiles on my machine. Nobody is interested in software from 1997 and with only the features from 1997. Jörg -- EMail:jo...@schily.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin j...@cs.tu-berlin.de(uni) joerg.schill...@fokus.fraunhofer.de (work) Blog: http://schily.blogspot.com/ URL: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/private/ ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to cdwrite-requ...@other.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@other.debian.org
Re: Announcing mkisofs 1.13
Hi, I'm proud to announce the release of GNU mkisofs version 1.13. Wow. That is kindof a blast from the past. bringing it to up-to-date standards, as well as implementing some unique features that are necessary for GRUB, the GNU bootloader. Would you be interested in cooperating with the libburnia project ? (Exchanging knowledge, sharing extension features, ...) up-to-date standards ... would that mean UDF ? Have a nice day :) Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to cdwrite-requ...@other.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@other.debian.org
Re: Announcing mkisofs 1.13
Hi, On Fri, Jan 08, 2010 at 05:30:09PM +0100, Joerg Schilling wrote: You also do not mention that the even outdated version of mkisofs you are using contains code from me. This is true (at least for files prototyp.h, fctldefs.h, statdefs.h and mconfig.h where your name appears). It's not my intention at all to neglect your contribution, it just happens that I didn't have all the information. If you're so kind to provide a short summary of your improvements in that version, I'll be glad to add your name in AUTHORS file and give proper recognition. -- Robert Millan Be the change you want to see in the world -- Gandhi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to cdwrite-requ...@other.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@other.debian.org
Re: Announcing mkisofs 1.13
On Fri, Jan 08, 2010 at 08:24:10PM +0100, Thomas Schmitt wrote: bringing it to up-to-date standards, as well as implementing some unique features that are necessary for GRUB, the GNU bootloader. Would you be interested in cooperating with the libburnia project ? (Exchanging knowledge, sharing extension features, ...) Of course. I'm open to collaboration with all the interested parties, including libburnia, cdrkit and cdrtools. up-to-date standards ... would that mean UDF ? Silly me, I think I forgot to attach the NEWS file! This basically referred to items 2 and 3, see attachment. -- Robert Millan Be the change you want to see in the world -- Gandhi New in 1.13: * Lots of miscellaneous cleanup. * Support for creating large images ( 4 GiB). * Support for El Torito without floppy emulation. (this is the default now; --eltorito-emul-floppy brings back the old behaviour) * Support for localization of user messages. * Support for embedding bootloader code for disk boot on PC/BIOS platforms (--embedded-boot option).
Re: Announcing mkisofs 1.13
Hi, * Support for creating large images ( 4 GiB). You are aware that even quite young Linux kernels have problems to read multi-extent files ? My 2.6.18 swallows the last few bytes if the file size is not a multiple of 2048. (libisofs can dare to produce such files without warning because itself is able to extract them out of ISO images, if the kernel cannot.) * Support for El Torito without floppy emulation. (this is the default now; --eltorito-emul-floppy brings back the old behaviour) Do you have experience with El Torito pointing to something other than ISOLINUX ? (Nothing against ISOLINUX. I just wonder whether there are other El Torito bootable systems and how to bring them into an ISO image.) * Support for embedding bootloader code for disk boot on PC/BIOS platforms (--embedded-boot option). Do you have specs for that ? libisofs does the isohybrid MBR trick of ISOLINUX but cannot install MBRs in general. (The question is about how one has to patch the boot image and/or the MBR after the block address of the boot image is determined.) Oh well, i hoped for allies in a session oriented UDF endeavor. Proper multi-session, so that not can happen what happened to the backup of Zhang Weiwu. (First session UDF+ISO, second ISO, mount gets confused.) Do you have plans for UDF ? (Problem seems to develop a proper model of how the components of ECMA-167 form an UDF compliant graph that implements multi-session.) Have a nice day :) Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to cdwrite-requ...@other.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@other.debian.org
