Bug#283325: kernel-source-2.6.9: DVD burning broken since 2.6.8; apply cddvd-cmdfilter-drop.patch
On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 02:06:12PM -0500, William Ballard wrote:
> It looked like to me like it was a total hack that just happened to
> work. I got it from Con Kolvias's homepage, if that makes you more
> comfortable.
>
> This whole experience has left me shaken as to how stable a direction
> the kernel is going in. I saw on Slashdot experimentation will continue
> in the 2.6 series, and it will be up to distributors to produce a stable
> kernel.
>
> I can understand bugs but not releasing a product with such a serious
> flaw.
Bsst, wrong answer. The command checking fixes a security issue, and
fixing security issues is the no 1 priority, stable series or not.
And non-broken writing applications shouldn't have problems with cd
writing anyway.
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