From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932439AbWBMPTa (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Feb 2006 10:19:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932443AbWBMPTa (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Feb 2006 10:19:30 -0500 Received: from mailhub.fokus.fraunhofer.de ([193.174.154.14]:52141 "EHLO mailhub.fokus.fraunhofer.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932439AbWBMPT3 (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Feb 2006 10:19:29 -0500 From: Joerg Schilling Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 16:17:45 +0100 To: schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de, mj@ucw.cz Cc: nix@esperi.org.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, davidsen@tmr.com, chris@gnome-de.org, axboe@suse.de Subject: Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest) Message-ID: <43F0A319.nailKUSXT33MZ@burner> References: <787b0d920601241923k5cde2bfcs75b89360b8313b5b@mail.gmail.com> <20060125144543.GY4212@suse.de> <20060125153057.GG4212@suse.de> <43ED005F.5060804@tmr.com> <1139615496.10395.36.camel@localhost.localdomain> <43F088AB.nailKUSB18RM0@burner> In-Reply-To: User-Agent: nail 11.2 8/15/04 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Martin Mares wrote: > Hello! > > > The main problem is that there is no grant that a new model will survive > > a time frame that makes sense to implement support. > > I bet that it would take less time to implement this support than what > you spend here by arguing and trying to prove you are the only sane > person in the world. Unsuccessfully, of course. If memory serves me correctly, the current model is the 3rd incompatible one offerend within less than 5 years. If you did ever try to write reliable code that has to deal with this kind of oddities, you would understand that it is sometimes better to wait and to inform related people about the problems they caused. Jörg -- EMail:joerg@schily.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin js@cs.tu-berlin.de (uni) schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de (work) Blog: http://schily.blogspot.com/ URL: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/old/private/ ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily