Hi,

Or just extend the parser to accept both the old or new format.

Cheers,
Klaus

On Sun, Sep 29, 2002 at 06:30:20PM -0700, Bill Mudd wrote:
> 
> J�rg,
> 
> In version 1.11a31, cdrecord prints "-prcap" (scsi_cdr.c) as:
>   Maximum read  speed in kB/s: xxxx
>   Current read  speed in kB/s: xxxx
>   Maximum write speed in kB/s: xxx
>   Current write speed in kB/s: xxx
> 
> in version 1.11a35 it prints it as:
>   Maximum read  speed:  xxxx kB/s (CD  32x, DVD  4x)
>   Current read  speed:  xxxx kB/s (CD  32x, DVD  4x)
>   Maximum write speed:   xxx kB/s (CD   4x, DVD  0x)
>   Current write speed:   xxx kB/s (CD   4x, DVD  0x)
> 
> By changing this it now become necessary for some front-end authors to run
> "cdrecord -version" and have 2 different parses for "-prcap" to set the
> default speed for a user's recorder. Besides the maintenance headache it
> increases the startup time of the program (at least in Windows).
> 
> Front-end authors are big supporters of cdrtools and I think have made some
> significant contributions to its popularity. All I'm asking for is
> consistancy. If this change is just a whim could you change it back in
> future versions? Or if it is absolutely necessary could you give us a
> warning in the future about changes that may effect front-ends?
> 
> Thanks much,
> 
> Bill Mudd
> 
> 
> 
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