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List:       debian-devel
Subject:    Re: [RFC] new virtual package names for optical discs burning applications
From:       Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo () informatik ! uni-tuebingen ! de>
Date:       2006-11-19 5:32:14
Message-ID: 877ixs0zoh.fsf () informatik ! uni-tuebingen ! de
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Thomas Perl <thp@perli.net> writes:

> Hello!
>
> On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 20:42:16 +0200 George Danchev wrote:
>> On Saturday 18 November 2006 11:33, Adrian von Bidder wrote:
>> > 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.
>
> Yeah, but an editor just takes one or more filenames as arguments and
> opens/edits these. For burning to a CD/DVD, you have to specify a bunch
> of options before cdrecord (for example) burns the disc (driver,
> device, speed, burnproof options, etc..).
>
> It's not like a "cd-writer myfile.iso" will burn the iso to CD/DVD, is
> it? Or at least not until we have a wrapper for every cd burning tool
> there is.

Actualy it will.

Udev sets the /dev/cdrw link and wodim defaults to that. All you have
to do is

wodim myfile.iso

and it will burn it for you. But I guess that is an exception.

> Enjoy.
> Thomas

MfG
        Goswin


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