Bug#374518: nautilus-cd-burner: cannot select proper burn speed for DVD+R media

[Joerg Schilling]

Josselin Mouette <joss at debian.org> wrote:

> Le mardi 20 juin 2006 à 15:11 +0200, Joerg Schilling a écrit :
> > If you are _able_/_willing_ to have a useful discussion, I would be willing 
> > to help you. If you are not interested in a solution, you just need to tell
> > and I will stop trying to help you.
>
> You're not helping anyone, sorry.

I am sorry to see that you don't like help!

> > > Nautilus uses HAL to find the write speed. I have the code just in front
> > > of me, believe me or not, it uses HAL. It will read /proc/scsi only if
> > > HAL fails.
> > 
> > Then both variants are broken and need to be replaced by a call to cdrecord
> > as only the writing program knows about the work arounds for broken firmware.
>
> No. Using HAL removes the dependency on a specific tool.

Wrong: a dependency on HAL is a superfluous and non-portable dependency.

You need cdrecord anyway in order to write a CD/DVD, so it is 100% correct to
ask cdrecord for information on the drive.

-	cdrecord knows the needed information and implementes workarounds if 
	needed

-	HAL is unrelated to CD/DVD recorder specifics and will never give you
	the right information.

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[scrubby ranting removed]

Jörg

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