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From: Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@mac.com>
Subject: Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest)
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 11:56:37 -0500
To: Joerg Schilling <schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de>
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On Jan 25, 2006, at 11:31, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> Albert Cahalan <acahalan@gmail.com> wrote:
>> We Linux users will forever patch your software to work the
>
> Looks like you are not a native English speaker. "We" is incorrect  
> here, as you only speak for yourself.

I agree completely with his statements, therefore he speaks for at  
least two people and "we" is proper usage.  I suspect given the posts  
on this list the last time this flamewar came up that there are more  
as well, but 2 is enough.

> libscg includes...

Irrelevant to the discussion at hand, we are talking only about linux  
and what should be done on linux.

> - Only 5 of them allow a /dev/hd* device name related access.

No, you have this wrong:

- One of them (IE: Linux) requires a /dev/[hs]d* device-name related  
access

- Only 4 others allow /dev/hd*

However, the later is _completely_ _irrelevant_ to the discussion, as  
we are talking about Linux *only*.

> [irrelevant discussion of other platforms]

> 17 Platforms _need_ the addressing scheme libscg offers
> 5  Platforms _may_ use a different access method too.

Wrong again:
17 platforms need libscg's addressing
4 platforms offer /dev/* access
1 platform (Linux) _requires_ /dev/* access

You are perfectly free to adjust your compatibility layer accordingly.

> BTW: the wording of your posting [...]

Personal attacks are offtopic, irrelevant, and rude.  Please refrain  
from doing so.  If you don't plan to respond to somebody's email,  
just don't, no reason to shout about it to a world who doesn't care.

Cheers,
Kyle Moffett

--
Premature optimization is the root of all evil in programming
   -- C.A.R. Hoare


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