From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267681AbUHJTC3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Aug 2004 15:02:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267645AbUHJTCD (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Aug 2004 15:02:03 -0400 Received: from hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de ([129.187.202.12]:4065 "HELO hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S267487AbUHJTBN (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Aug 2004 15:01:13 -0400 Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 21:01:02 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: PATCH: cdrecord: avoiding scsi device numbering for ide devices Message-ID: <20040810190102.GS26174@fs.tum.de> References: <200408101427.i7AERDld014134@burner.fokus.fraunhofer.de> <20040810164947.7f363529.skraw@ithnet.com> <20040810152458.GA1127@lug-owl.de> <20040810153333.GF13369@suse.de> <20040810162951.GC1127@lug-owl.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040810162951.GC1127@lug-owl.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Aug 10, 2004 at 06:29:51PM +0200, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote: >... > So I think IFF you (as a distro) attempt to do any changes (be it adding > a well-selling feature like DVD toasting), you *will* somewhen reach a > critical mass: the point of no return (of good patches). > > Seems we're slowly reaching there. (I'm just waiting to see a giant Arch > repo of a single, unified Linux distro because of that.) > > > > While they (and any other distro's people and anybody else) may > > > actually hack the code to no end, I consider it being good habit to > > > > By far the largest modification is dvd support, which we of course need > > to ship. The rest is really minor stuff. > > What's more important to whom? First ship the feature, or first getting > consens with the initial author? Exactly--there are two answers:( Joerg offers his own non-free program cdrecord-ProDVD with DVD support. So why should he ever add DVD support to the GPLed cdrecord, no matter how good the patches are? > MfG, JBG cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed