Re: [RFC] new virtual package names for optical discs burning applications
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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