From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266684AbUHVMPO (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Aug 2004 08:15:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266704AbUHVMPO (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Aug 2004 08:15:14 -0400 Received: from mailhub.fokus.fraunhofer.de ([193.174.154.14]:5083 "EHLO mailhub.fokus.fraunhofer.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266684AbUHVMPH (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Aug 2004 08:15:07 -0400 From: Joerg Schilling Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 14:14:08 +0200 To: schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de, der.eremit@email.de Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: PATCH: cdrecord: avoiding scsi device numbering for ide devices Message-ID: <41288E10.nail9MX3BDIPM@burner> References: <2ptdY-42Y-55@gated-at.bofh.it> <2uPdM-380-11@gated-at.bofh.it> <2uUwL-6VP-11@gated-at.bofh.it> <2uWfh-8jo-29@gated-at.bofh.it> <2uXl0-Gt-27@gated-at.bofh.it> <2vge2-63k-15@gated-at.bofh.it> <2vgQF-6Ai-39@gated-at.bofh.it> <2vipq-7O8-15@gated-at.bofh.it> <2vj2b-8md-9@gated-at.bofh.it> <2vDtS-bq-19@gated-at.bofh.it> <412770EA.nail9DO11D18Y@burner> <412889FC.nail9MX1X3XW5@burner> In-Reply-To: <412889FC.nail9MX1X3XW5@burner> 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 > > Pascal Schmidt wrote: >> I am not against a long term change that would require euid root too, >> but this should be announced early enough to allow prominent users of >> the interface to keep track of the interface changes. >Too late for that now, no matter whether we like it or not... however, >at least the discussion now has shown that changes to this interface >need to be considered carefully, so maybe the future will be >bright. ;) Eveybody makes mistakes. Not being able to admid that and persisting to continue to go in a wrong direction is the real problem. There is no problem to do what I did propose. And the wrong decision could have even be avoided if people did contact me before they did act.... Jörg -- EMail:joerg@schily.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin js@cs.tu-berlin.de (uni) If you don't have iso-8859-1 schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de (work) chars I am J"org Schilling URL: http://www.fokus.fraunhofer.de/usr/schilling ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily