Toni Ruottu wrote: > I've been trying to get Diskscrub ( > http://code.google.com/p/diskscrub/ ) to Ubuntu installation cd. > Having it on the cd would be good as it'd allow one to boot from the > cd and securely erase the entire hard disk. > > Usually getting a package to the cd is done in three steps: > 1) get the software packaged > 2) apply for official support from Canonical > 3) prove that including the package on the cd is a good idea > > The software just got packaged and was included into Ubuntu universe, > and obviously having such a tool on the cd is a good idea. So I got > two of three covered. However it turned out that GNU Coreutils package > contains a similar too called shred. Adding another tool with the same > purpose was considered bad, as it would complicate things. Also a wide > range of other systems ship with Coreutils preinstalled, so having a > proper tool as part of the Coreutils is desired. > > It was decided that instead of adding yet another tool, we should try > to get the developers behind the said tools to co-operate, and get all > the useful features from Diskscrub merged into shred where they will > be useful for a larger user community. So here I am delivering the > message to whom I believe to be the lead behind the two projects.
Sounds like a fine project. Now all we need is someone willing to compare features and to present the results. Maybe someone will even propose a patch or two.
