Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites for some CD/DVD-recording applications
Lars Weiler wrote: app-cdr/dvdrtools: Same reason. No need to use this fork of cdrtools-1.11... This is a lot more more than a add DVD writing support fork - they have changed much more than that, and they have an interesting list of objectives. It's a much saner version of cdrtools. Please don't remove it unless you have confirmed with upstream that they have lost interest and nobody is developing it. Daniel -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-dev] Last rites for some CD/DVD-recording applications
Hello, I would like to remove those packages from portage: app-cdr/cdrecord-prodvd: Functionality of DVD-burning is now officially included in app-cdr/cdrtools. app-cdr/dvdrtools: Same reason. No need to use this fork of cdrtools-1.11... virtual/cdrtools: With the remove of dvdrtools there is no longer a need for this virtual. app-cdr/xcdroast: A nice rustical application, which reminds me to my first CD-burnings on Linux... But there was no upstream update within 2,5 years. Also there are now a lot of other gtk2-based applications which are bettter than xcdrtools. rox-extra/roxiso: Unmaintained package, but it depends on app-cdr/cdrecord-prodvd. On the other hand, I just installed it, and it fails to start due to a missing library... It seems that all rox-packages are unmaintained now, as the maintainers resigned or are not available. All packages are in package.mask. I will remove then in 30 days when there is no good reason to keep them. Regards, Lars -- Lars Weiler [EMAIL PROTECTED] +49-171-1963258 Gentoo Linux PowerPC: Strategical Lead and Release Engineer Gentoo Infrastructure : CVS Administrator Gentoo Foundation : Trustee pgp5U2lomB3UO.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites for some CD/DVD-recording applications
On Sat, 8 Jul 2006 13:09:29 +0200 Lars Weiler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: app-cdr/xcdroast: A nice rustical application, which reminds me to my first CD-burnings on Linux... But there was no upstream update within 2,5 years. Also there are now a lot of other gtk2-based applications which are bettter than xcdrtools. If there's nothing actually broken with xcdroast, why remove it? It does provide a cd-burning app for those who want something with few dependencies. Are there other CD-burning apps that don't depend on qt or gtk2?gre hmm; I notice it wants cdrecord-prodvd for dvd writing - will it not use the newer app-cdr/cdrtools to support DVDs (perhaps with the -n option to not check the tool version)? Presumably the newer cdrtools is backwards-compatible with the cdrecord-prodvd command line options? -- Kevin F. Quinn signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites for some CD/DVD-recording applications
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kevin F. Quinn wrote: On Sat, 8 Jul 2006 13:09:29 +0200 Lars Weiler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: app-cdr/xcdroast: A nice rustical application, which reminds me to my first CD-burnings on Linux... But there was no upstream update within 2,5 years. Also there are now a lot of other gtk2-based applications which are bettter than xcdrtools. If there's nothing actually broken with xcdroast, why remove it? It does provide a cd-burning app for those who want something with few dependencies. Are there other CD-burning apps that don't depend on qt or gtk2?gre Just my opinion too. Or what if just preserve it for nostalgic purposes? :-) /me used it as my first GUI CD-burn application - -- Luis F. Araujo araujo at gentoo.org Gentoo Linux -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEr6H5dZ42PGEF17URAmAQAKDN7Mrm4dqTrCSiw6qokPLsCFXA9wCgyHzM db5+X3xVQjitm+Dpo1AybJk= =4zAO -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites for some CD/DVD-recording applications
On Sat, 2006-07-08 at 14:11 +0200, Kevin F. Quinn wrote: On Sat, 8 Jul 2006 13:09:29 +0200 Lars Weiler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: app-cdr/xcdroast: A nice rustical application, which reminds me to my first CD-burnings on Linux... But there was no upstream update within 2,5 years. Also there are now a lot of other gtk2-based applications which are bettter than xcdrtools. If there's nothing actually broken with xcdroast, why remove it? It does provide a cd-burning app for those who want something with few dependencies. Are there other CD-burning apps that don't depend on qt or gtk2?gre hmm; I notice it wants cdrecord-prodvd for dvd writing - will it not use the newer app-cdr/cdrtools to support DVDs (perhaps with the -n option to not check the tool version)? Presumably the newer cdrtools is backwards-compatible with the cdrecord-prodvd command line options? I've talked with Lars we will keep xcdroast for a bit. Instead we will remove simplecdrx that i will mask now. The upstream is dead for years and there's not need to keep it. -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites for some CD/DVD-recording applications
* Roy Bamford [EMAIL PROTECTED] [06/07/08 12:46 +0100]: app-cdr/dvdrtools provides the format utility to format DVD+RW media prior to mkudffs on them. Where has that functionality gone ? I can't find any 'format' option to dvdrecord. But probably you want cdrwtool from sys-fs/udftools? Regards, Lars pgpSw9zQud2lE.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites for some CD/DVD-recording applications
* Luis Medinas [EMAIL PROTECTED] [06/07/08 13:33 +0100]: I've talked with Lars we will keep xcdroast for a bit. Instead we will remove simplecdrx that i will mask now. The upstream is dead for years and there's not need to keep it. But we keep xcdroast only when you patch it, so that it does not need cdrecord-prodvd for burning DVDs. And no, starting with -n does not work. Maximum size is 703MB per disk. Regards, Lars -- Lars Weiler [EMAIL PROTECTED] +49-171-1963258 Gentoo Linux PowerPC: Strategical Lead and Release Engineer Gentoo Infrastructure : CVS Administrator Gentoo Foundation : Trustee pgpmUDCkMo8eB.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites for some CD/DVD-recording applications
060708 Lars Weiler wrote: I would like to remove those packages from portage: app-cdr/xcdroast: A nice rustical application, which reminds me to my first CD-burnings on Linux. But there was no upstream update within 2,5 years. Also there are now a lot of other gtk2-based applications which are bettter than xcdrtools. All packages are in package.mask. I will remove then in 30 days when there is no good reason to keep them. Please keep Xcdroast in Portage: I use it it has no bugs AFAIK. No recent updates ? -- that applies to many packages in Portage. Better tools ? -- please name them give reasons. Thanks as always for your volunteer labor. -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban Community Studies TRANSIT`-O--O---' University of Toronto -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites for some CD/DVD-recording applications
On 2006.07.08 13:59, Lars Weiler wrote: * Roy Bamford [EMAIL PROTECTED] [06/07/08 12:46 +0100]: app-cdr/dvdrtools provides the format utility to format DVD+RW media prior to mkudffs on them. Where has that functionality gone ? I can't find any 'format' option to dvdrecord. But probably you want cdrwtool from sys-fs/udftools? Regards, Lars Lars, My mistake - sorry for wasting your time. app-cdr/dvd+rw-tools provides the format command. sys-fs/udftools provides the file system for the formatted DVD+RW. Regards, Roy Bamford -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites for some CD/DVD-recording applications
* Roy Bamford [EMAIL PROTECTED] [06/07/08 14:57 +0100]: My mistake - sorry for wasting your time. app-cdr/dvd+rw-tools provides the format command. sys-fs/udftools provides the file system for the formatted DVD+RW. No problem. And we will kepp dvd+rw-tools for sure. Regards, Lars -- Lars Weiler [EMAIL PROTECTED] +49-171-1963258 Gentoo Linux PowerPC: Strategical Lead and Release Engineer Gentoo Infrastructure : CVS Administrator Gentoo Foundation : Trustee pgpD8krDHAt4k.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites for some CD/DVD-recording applications
Philip Webb wrote: Please keep Xcdroast in Portage: I use it it has no bugs AFAIK. It depends on cdrecord-prodvd, which means that it will have to be converted to use the new cdrtools if it's to continue being useful since cdrecord-prodvd is being masked (and some time thereafter, removed). No recent updates ? -- that applies to many packages in Portage. Not having recent updates is one thing, but with a dead upstream, there is no place to send security patches or bug fixes or add new functionality as needed, etc. (Unless of course, someone were to fork the current codebase and pick up where they left off.) Better tools ? -- please name them give reasons. There is K3b (a Qt app), Graveman (a GTK2 app), NeroLinux (GTK+ 1.x, non-Free), GnomeBaker (GTK2/GNOME) and probably several others which provide the same functionality yet are actively maintained and supported with a proper upstream. My $0.02... -- Peter Gordon (codergeek42) Gentoo Forums Global Moderator GnuPG Public Key ID: 0xFFC19479 / Fingerprint: DD68 A414 56BD 6368 D957 9666 4268 CB7A FFC1 9479 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
