Hello all, I would like to propose including Brasero in the default Ubuntu installation. Brasero is an application to burn CD/DVD's for the Gnome Desktop. It is designed to be as simple as possible and has some unique features to enable users to create their discs easily and quickly. Brasero is actively being developed and is maintained in Ubuntu by one of its developers, Luis Medinas.
Currently Ubuntu relies on nautilus-cd-burner and serpentine for cd/dvd burning. Both are nice and simple programs, but both N-c-b and serpentine have several limitations that Brasero does not have which are listed below: Nautilus cd burner: - Lack of multisession support! - Does not inhibit Gnome Power Manager from suspending while burning - Doesn't do on the fly burning (dvd to dvd or disk to dvd), severly limiting burning possibilities when low on disk space (a situation in which you might want to move files to cd/dvd) - Does not show the amount of space left - Does not show the progress while burning - Has no option to verify burned cd - Can't copy/write video DVDs - Has no option to erase cdrw's withouth burning new content to them Serpentine: - Doesn't do on the fly writing (mp3/ogg to wav conversion) - Doesn't detect the size of the inserted disc - Has several open bugs on program crashes, both on launchpad and in gnome bugzilla - Lacks audio track preview - Doesn't support cue files Additionally, Brasero has features such as automatic filtering for unwanted files, beagle file search (tracker support planned) and saving/loading of projects, allowing them to be burned later. It would be good to provide users one common interface to burn cd's. Brasero is already in the main repository and installed and tested by many users, so it should not be a problem to include it on the cd. Of the other distro's, opensuse already ships it. Therefore, I would like to propose including it by default in Hardy. Cheers, Wouter -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
