Bug#374518: nautilus-cd-burner: cannot select proper burn speed for DVD+R media

[Josselin Mouette]

Le mardi 20 juin 2006 à 15:11 +0200, Joerg Schilling a écrit :
> If you are _able_/_willing_ to have a useful discussion, I would be willing 
> to help you. If you are not interested in a solution, you just need to tell
> and I will stop trying to help you.

You're not helping anyone, sorry.

> > Nautilus uses HAL to find the write speed. I have the code just in front
> > of me, believe me or not, it uses HAL. It will read /proc/scsi only if
> > HAL fails.
> 
> Then both variants are broken and need to be replaced by a call to cdrecord
> as only the writing program knows about the work arounds for broken firmware.

No. Using HAL removes the dependency on a specific tool.

> > New versions won't be introduced in Debian since you have changed the
> > licensing terms.
> 
> This again is FUD trolling :-( Please stop this or just tell me that you are not
> interested in a result oriented discussion.
> 
> The correct answer is: The Debian maintainers for cdrtools did start ignoring 
> the Debian social contract some time ago and did start to incorrectly claim that 
> cdrtools were violating the GPL.
> 
> Short time ago, I tried to avoid the GPL that is obviously used by some people 
> at Debian to harm Authors of free software.
> 
> cdrtools are now under a more free and OSI approved license. As the OSI rules
> for approving OpenSource licenses are identical to the Debian rules, it is 
> obvious that the license change is no reason to stop using cdrtools.
> 
> 
> I am still in hope that you are not acting the same way as the cdrtools 
> maintainers for Debian!

I fully agree with the cdrtools maintainers' decisions. Is it enough for
you to stop annoying us?

Andre, I'm terribly sorry for the spam you've received. Rest assured
that we'll try to find a constructive solution.
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