On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 02:56:29PM -0700, Predrag Punosevac wrote: > Jacob Meuser wrote: > >On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 01:06:18PM -0700, Predrag Punosevac wrote: > > > > > >>All of the above being said, as a primarily desktop user, I think that > >>K3b should be ported to OpenBSD. > >> > > > >you know, I tried porting libcdio to OpenBSD. then I had "issues" > >with Rocky Bernstein, so I am not going to work on it. if you > >think it's worth your time to beat your head against a wall of > >official GNU ignorance/apathy/discrimination, be my guest. > > > > > Dear Jacob, > > I might be n00b but on GNU/GPL bullshit I am with you 1000%. One of the > reasons that I start switching to OpenBSD is that > I share philosophical views with of the whole project and user base. > > I am not familiar with the K3b issues that you are referring to. I > didn't try seriously to work on the project. Could you give some more > details so that people do not bang their had against the wall.
well, I could have sworn k3 needs libcdio, but it's not listed in the requirements. as far as libcdio goes, [EMAIL PROTECTED] hacked support for NetBSD and put it in the pkgsrc files for libcdio under a 2 clause BSD license. I asked Rocky to add his to libcdio, but he said he couldn't because the license was "incompatible" for GNU projects. anyway, we got that straightened out, but he has made no moves to add it (there have been 2 releases since then). I told him I would be more than willing to help/test/whatever. nothing. it's just pointless IMO to try to maintain a port when you get the run around or ignored upstream. K3b is > known application and an average n00b will ask about it. So lets > get all the facts out. I would love to hear from Gnome people about > their CD/DVD tools and issues. > > I have heard something about forking cdrtools and dvd+rw probably by > the people who want to enforce GPL license. Maybe somebody should say > about those issues as well. well, Joerg (Schilling/cdrtools) is known to be "difficult". he doesn't like that people have hacked cdrecord to work with DVDs. > OpenBSD is also supporting multiple architectures and I know for the > fact that TkDVD is ported for Sparck64 and I believe MIPS. > I think that the person who ported TkDVD was thinking very carefully > about many issues. > > Most Kind Regard, > Predrag Punosevac > > P. S. You know that I value your opinion very much and I am happy > somebody serous got into discussion. I was hopping for the reaction of > more serious people than my-self by answering the question about K3b. Of > course the easiest thing would be just to tell the guy read FAQ > and use cdrtools and dvd+rw. yeah, that's the easiest way to go. I'll see about getting k3b ported, if it really doesn't require libcdio. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org
