Re: CD/DVD record

[Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>]

Nigel Rantor wrote:
> Helge Hafting wrote:
> 
>>> Hmm...not sure about that. Not if you do want device specific fixes 
>>> in there too...
>>
>>
>> The question then becomes - how many percent of devices in use need 
>> fixes to work?
>> A simple program with _no_ fixes, that works with correct devices only 
>> might not be that hard.
>> After it becomes popular people simply take care to buy working 
>> burners.  The old broken
>> tend to get upgraded after a while, or they can be used with the old 
>> cdrecord.
>> [...]
> 
> 
> Good point. Agreed.
> 
>>> I'll admit to having some time on my hands but acquiring equipment to 
>>> test with would be a stumbling block for me.
>>
>>
>> Take one thing at a time.  If you want to try this, start writing a 
>> program that works well
>> with your particular burner.  Chances are it'll work with many others 
>> too.  And then you
>> get patches from people who have other equipment.  You won't need to 
>> have everything
>> yourself.
> 
> 
> Another good point. Agreed.
> 
>>> It would be nice if everyone could just put their egos aside and 
>>> provide a united front wrt FOSS cd/dvd recording.
>>
>>
>> :-) This goes for all open source.  I don't think it'll happen though. 
>> :-/
> 
> 
> Hat trick on the Good Point(tm) front. Agreed!
> 
> Well then I may go and look into cd recording then...hmm...

I hate to say it, but why reinvent the wheel? I'm sure that if Jorg 
doesn't support new technology there will be a project, either on 
sourceforge or freestanding, to create OpenCDburn or some such. It would 
be very hard to find someone as technically good as Jorg in this area, 
and hard to find anyone worse at working with others.

That's really sad, because if he would accept more from others and not 
insist on having the last (or only) word on every issue the software 
would move faster and with less hostility.

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    -bill davidsen (davidsen@tmr.com)
"The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the
  last possible moment - but no longer"  -me