From: Joerg Schilling <schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de>
Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 14:06:30 +0100
To: matthias.andree@gmx.de, jim@why.dont.jablowme.net
Cc: schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de, peter.read@gmail.com,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest)
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"Jim Crilly" <jim@why.dont.jablowme.net> wrote:

> You're not alone, I'm still waiting for an answer as to why cdrecord is
> the only userland app on any OS to use his SCSI ID naming convention
> and yet his is the correct way. I've asked twice and been blatantly
> ignored both times.

Well, while I did explain this many times (*), I am still waiting 
for an explanation why Linux tries to deviate from nearly all other OS.

*) in case you like are on amnesia: without the mapping in libscg,
cdrecord could not be used reliably on Linux. And yes, I _do_ care
about people who run Linux-2.4 or older!


It seems that we should stop this discussion.

As long as the peeople who answer here are onlookers without the 
needed skills, it seems to be a waste of time.

J?rg

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