On 06/09/07, Joerg Schilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Shawn Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > On 06/09/07, Joerg Schilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > "Shawn Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > > This is a lot more stability than you get from Solaris (see recent 
> > > > > tar -/
> > > > > discussion).
> > > > >
> > > > > If you like to have a cdrw emulation for cdrecord, you are invited to 
> > > > > write it.
> > > >
> > > > Right, I wasn't suggesting that you personally do it. So since 3.0
> > > > isn't final yet, would you consider making showing progress output the
> > > > default?
> > >
> > > If this was decided today and announced tomorrow, it could not happen 
> > > within the
> > > next 5 years and not before another "final/stable" release was published.
> >
> > Does that mean yes or no? I'm having trouble deciphering what you're saying.
> >
> > 3.0 is by your own admission a major or another final/stable release,
> > so couldn't the change be made then before 3.0 is final?
> >
> > Why five years?
>
> Because I grant for stable interfaces.
>
> Whether 3.0 is a major new release is not important if you care about 
> stability.
>
> If I change the output without giving the GUIs and other dependent 
> applications
> a chance tp prepare for the change this would cause a lot of troubles.

I understand, but don't agree with the length of time, five years is a
very long time in the technology world.

Thanks for explaining it though.

-- 
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
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