From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268043AbUHTNuQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Aug 2004 09:50:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267943AbUHTNuF (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Aug 2004 09:50:05 -0400 Received: from rproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.170.197]:27454 "EHLO mproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267974AbUHTNtP (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Aug 2004 09:49:15 -0400 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 09:49:11 -0400 From: Patrick McFarland Reply-To: Patrick McFarland To: Joerg Schilling Subject: Re: PATCH: cdrecord: avoiding scsi device numbering for ide devices Cc: vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel@wildsau.enemy.org, fsteiner-mail@bio.ifi.lmu.de, b.zolnierkiewicz@elka.pw.edu.pl, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk In-Reply-To: <4125FE92.nail8LD4QVROS@burner> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <200408191732.i7JHWSkL005470@laptop14.inf.utfsm.cl> <4125FE92.nail8LD4QVROS@burner> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 15:37:22 +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote: > The Linux kernel is broken because it it did break existing interfaces - period. What you really meant to say is that they fixed a previously broken interface so that it worked correctly; which just happened to break your poorly written app. If you had any shread of self respect, you'd silently fix cdrecord without a further mention of it here. -- Patrick "Diablo-D3" McFarland || diablod3@gmail.com "Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." -- Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989