On 06/09/07, Joerg Schilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Shawn Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 06/09/07, Joerg Schilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Douglas Atique <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > However I found the following advantages to it, which maybe would be of > > > > interest to you as maintainer of cdrecord: > > > > > > > > 1. cdrw shows the progress of the recording session with a percent > > > > amount that lets the user know whether it is close to the end or not, > > > > while cdrecord just says "Operation starts." and lets you wondering > > > > until the prompt appears. > > > > > > > > > > Not true: cdrecord -v gives this information since January 1996 > > > > Wouldn't it be better for cdrecord to provide this information by > > default instead of requiring you to use -v? > > > > This might provide a better experience for new users. > > If you did tell me this in February 1996, you had a chance.... > I am giving people long term stability. It is too late now.
How does showing the progress of the CD write a matter of stability? Are you implying that the output of the program can never change? All software changes eventually. Surely a 2.x version of cdrecord could break such stability in favour of a better user experience? -- Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/ "Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it. " --Donald Knuth _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
