Re: [RFC] new virtual package names for optical discs burning applications

2006-11-19 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Thomas Perl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello! > > On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 20:42:16 +0200 George Danchev wrote: >> On Saturday 18 November 2006 11:33, Adrian von Bidder wrote: >> > If they can't be used with the exact same commandline, there's no >> > sense in providing these virtual packages becaus

Re: [RFC] new virtual package names for optical discs burning applications

2006-11-18 Thread Hendrik Sattler
Am Samstag 18 November 2006 19:42 schrieb George Danchev: > On Saturday 18 November 2006 11:33, Adrian von Bidder wrote: > > On Friday 17 November 2006 15:22, George Danchev wrote: > > > * `cd-burner' -- could be provided by wodim, cdrskin, (cdrdao > > > ?) * `dvd-burner' -- could be provid

Re: [RFC] new virtual package names for optical discs burning applications

2006-11-18 Thread Thomas Perl
Hello! On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 20:42:16 +0200 George Danchev wrote: > On Saturday 18 November 2006 11:33, Adrian von Bidder wrote: > > If they can't be used with the exact same commandline, there's no > > sense in providing these virtual packages because the programs need > > explicit support for each

Re: [RFC] new virtual package names for optical discs burning applications

2006-11-18 Thread George Danchev
On Saturday 18 November 2006 11:33, Adrian von Bidder wrote: > On Friday 17 November 2006 15:22, George Danchev wrote: > > * `cd-burner' -- could be provided by wodim, cdrskin, (cdrdao ?) > > * `dvd-burner' -- could be provided by wodim, dvd+rw-tools and > > dvdrecord > > I don't kn

Re: [RFC] new virtual package names for optical discs burning applications

2006-11-18 Thread Adrian von Bidder
On Friday 17 November 2006 15:22, George Danchev wrote: > * `cd-burner' -- could be provided by wodim, cdrskin, (cdrdao ?) > * `dvd-burner' -- could be provided by wodim, dvd+rw-tools and > dvdrecord I don't know the programs in question exactly, but how likely is it that even wod

Re: [RFC] new virtual package names for optical discs burning applications

2006-11-18 Thread George Danchev
On Friday 17 November 2006 16:44, Loïc Minier wrote: > On Fri, Nov 17, 2006, George Danchev wrote: > > Using alternatives mechanism -- currently I don't think that using > > alternatives mechanism would be a benefit as a whole, but I might be > > blind of course. > > Check /usr/bin/sensible-*

Re: [RFC] new virtual package names for optical discs burning applications

2006-11-17 Thread Michael Banck
On Fri, Nov 17, 2006 at 04:22:51PM +0200, George Danchev wrote: > * `cd-burner' -- could be provided by wodim, cdrskin, (cdrdao ?) [...] > Another set of possible names would be `cd-recorder', `dvd-recorder' and so > on, but these are a little longer, while the clarity remains the same. Wh

Re: [RFC] new virtual package names for optical discs burning applications

2006-11-17 Thread Loïc Minier
On Fri, Nov 17, 2006, George Danchev wrote: > Using alternatives mechanism -- currently I don't think that using > alternatives mechanism would be a benefit as a whole, but I might be blind of > course. Check /usr/bin/sensible-* in debianutils. They rely on alternatives and environment

[RFC] new virtual package names for optical discs burning applications

2006-11-17 Thread George Danchev
Hello, With the advent of cdrskin [1] for writing CD-R/W in a cdrecord's command-line-compatible way and already having several dvd burner applications, I'd like to propose the addition of at least two more virtual package names to the `Authoritative list of virtual package names' [2] -