On Jan 6, 2008 11:16 PM, Wouter Stomp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > > I would like to propose including Brasero in the default Ubuntu > installation. Brasero is an application to burn CD/DVD's for the Gnome > Desktop. It is designed to be as simple as possible and has some > unique features to enable users to create their discs easily and > quickly. Brasero is actively being developed and is maintained in > Ubuntu by one of its developers, Luis Medinas. > > Currently Ubuntu relies on nautilus-cd-burner and serpentine for > cd/dvd burning. Both are nice and simple programs, but both N-c-b and > serpentine have several limitations that Brasero does not have which > are listed below: > > Nautilus cd burner: > - Lack of multisession support! > - Does not inhibit Gnome Power Manager from suspending while burning > - Doesn't do on the fly burning (dvd to dvd or disk to dvd), severly > limiting burning possibilities when low on disk space (a situation in > which you might want to move files to cd/dvd) > - Does not show the amount of space left > - Does not show the progress while burning > - Has no option to verify burned cd > - Can't copy/write video DVDs > - Has no option to erase cdrw's withouth burning new content to them > > Serpentine: > - Doesn't do on the fly writing (mp3/ogg to wav conversion) > - Doesn't detect the size of the inserted disc > - Has several open bugs on program crashes, both on launchpad and in > gnome bugzilla > - Lacks audio track preview > - Doesn't support cue files > > Additionally, Brasero has features such as automatic filtering for > unwanted files, beagle file search (tracker support planned) and > saving/loading of projects, allowing them to be burned later. > > It would be good to provide users one common interface to burn cd's. > Brasero is already in the main repository and installed and tested by > many users, so it should not be a problem to include it on the cd. Of > the other distro's, opensuse already ships it. Therefore, I would like > to propose including it by default in Hardy. > > Cheers, > > Wouter >
Hi, I think there's a great need to inform that Ubuntu champions time-based release methodology than feature-based releases, where features are studied, tested, and if it's not good enough means deffered for 6 months or so. If burning files is much concerned, using Nautilus CD Burner is the easiest way for both advanced and new users. To clear up some preconceptions, Nautilus: 1. does asks the user to blank non-empty CD-RW & DVD-RW's upon writing. 2. burns CUE files via right-clicking it and choosing "Write to Disk". I think any other features is a niche, and/or can be done manually. If there's any other burning application that needs to be included, that is a "Disk Utility" like application from Mac. Cheers, Joel Juliano -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
