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List:       debian-devel
Subject:    Re: [RFC] new virtual package names for optical discs burning applications
From:       George Danchev <danchev () spnet ! net>
Date:       2006-11-18 18:42:16
Message-ID: 200611182042.16738.danchev () spnet ! net
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On Saturday 18 November 2006 11:33, Adrian von Bidder wrote:
> On Friday 17 November 2006 15:22, George Danchev wrote:
> >         * `cd-burner' -- could be provided by wodim, cdrskin, (cdrdao ?)
> >         * `dvd-burner' -- could be provided by wodim, dvd+rw-tools and
> > dvdrecord
>
> I don't know the programs in question exactly, but how likely is it that
> even wodim and cdrecord will stay commandline compatible?
>
> If they can't be used with the exact same commandline, there's no sense in
> providing these virtual packages because the programs need explicit support
> for each of those programs.  (And especially with these writing
> applications, arcane options need to be specified in many cases, so it's
> not a case of a common API with some few extra options a backend might use
> if it has specific support.)

Fair concern, but this is also true for other already existing virtual 
packages -- editor comes to mind. Isn't it more important what a 
functionality is being provided, and not so important how it is provided.

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