Re: cdrtools vs cdrtools-ossdvd

[Hisashi T Fujinaka <htodd%twofifty.com@localhost>]

On Thu, 24 May 2007, Greg Troxel wrote:

> Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost> writes:
>
> > On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 12:23:40PM -0400, Greg Troxel wrote:
> > > But until we can say to someone who wants to use -ossdvd instead:
> > > "You're just being unreasonable and we're going to ignore you.", I think
> > > we should leave both in.
> >
> > My argument is (a) cdrtools is better maintained (b) it confuses users
> > (c) most users can't make an informed decision. So given that the
> > original reason for having cdrtools-ossdvd disappeared, it would prefer
> > that those that do use it come up (to ensure that it is actively used)
> > and if possible check if they still have to.
>
> That's certainly a good argument for putting such a note in DESCR.  I am
> just in favor of a slow fuse on pulling stuff when it's arguable.


The only reason I installed -ossdvd is because Ithought that was the
only version that did DVDs. Of course my SATA DVD burner doesn't get
along with NetBSD, but that's another matter.

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