On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 5:22 PM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: <SNIP> > > I'm not sure that is a bug. As I posted earlier, this was changed a > good while back. There was a reason for it but I can't recall what it > was. The new devices for CD/DVDs is /dev/sr*. I don't have, and have > not had, /dev/cdrom or dvd on this rig for a good while and it works. I > think this happened about the same time as the hard drive devices were > changed from hd* to sd* even for old IDE drives. Since it was changed > on purpose, I don't believe this is a bug. > > Dale
Might be true but how about digging up some references that this was done on purpose. It makes little sense to me that if someone did this on purpose, breaking lots of old scripts, leaving broken udev rules laying about and just assuming everyone would figure it out without so much and a news item then I'd say it was done pretty badly. Again, if it truly was 'on purpose' as you say then that's OK, but let's not create too much false history here. In my mind it's just as reasonable that it's just a mistake or someone that was overlooked, but I'm totally open to you showing us what we all missed.
