Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest)

From: jerome lacoste
Date: Mon Feb 13 2006 - 10:46:21 EST


On 2/13/06, Joerg Schilling <schilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> jerome lacoste <jerome.lacoste@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On 2/13/06, Joerg Schilling <schilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > "D. Hazelton" <dhazelton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > > > Are you accepting such a patch?
> > > >
> > > > If his response to the last patch someone provided is any example the answer
> > > > is going to be no. And I firmly believe the old adage that a leopard can't
> > > > change it's spots.
> > >
> > > Any patch that
> > >
> > > - does not break things
> > >
> > > - fits into the spirit of the currnt implementation
> > >
> > > - offers useful new features
> > >
> > > - conforms to coding style standards
> > >
> > > - does not need more time to integrate than I would need to
> > > write this from scratch
> > >
> > > Unfortunately, many people who send patches to me do not follow
> > > these simple rules.
> >
> > I am still waiting for an answer as to whether such a patch would be
> > accepted. We will take on the practical details later on.
>
> If this answer is not sufficient to you, you seem to be wrong here.

We probably misunderstood each other here. I want a technical approval
regarding the proposal I made (which is "publicise the os specific to
b,t,l mapping found by cdrecord").

Then I write the patch and I will make sure it will pass all your
defined criteria.

Jerome
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