>Every time I burn a CD I am presented with the following FUD:
> cdrecord: Warning: Running on Linux-2.6.16-2-k7
> cdrecord: There are unsettled issues with Linux-2.5 and newer.
> cdrecord: If you have unexpected problems, please try Linux-2.4 or Solaris.
This is not FUD but important information.
Note that Debian did not update cdrtools since 14 months and the Linux-2.6
kernel series did introduce 2 incompatible interface changes (that are important
to cdrtools) meanwhile.
These incompatible interface changes cause a user level progam like cdrecord
to fail.
Note that the message directs you to _stable_ systems. If it was missing,
many users would not know why they have problems...
>I think it is inappropriate for Debian to advertise the use of non-free
>operating systems such as Solaris.
It is questionable whether the Linux Kernel you are running is free (it
violates the GPL), but Solaris is definitely free, so what?
>Furthermore, if Linux 2.4 is
>recommended over 2.6 then Debian should ship 2.4 as the default (I
>believe 2.4 is to be dropped from the Etch release entirely).
It seems that you forgot that Linux-2.4 is the latest stable version.
All newer Linux kernel versions are in alpha/pre-alpha state
>This message should also be removed:
> Warning: Open by 'devname' is unintentional and not supported.
Wrong: open by devname is not documented in the man page and undocumented
features may be removed without prior notice. rad the man page and follow
the documentation...
>While I'm at it, I would prefer that the marked lines of the following
>message should go as well:
> Cdrecord-Clone 2.01.01a03 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2005 Joerg
> Schilling
>* NOTE: this version of cdrecord is an inofficial (modified) release of
>cdrecord
>* and thus may have bugs that are not present in the original version.
> Please send bug reports and support requests to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
>* The original author should not be bothered with problems of this
>version.
If Debian would remove this note, Debian would violate the "Urheberrecht".
Do you really like that Debian violates the law?
The cdrecord from Debian not only "may have bugs" but definitely is known to
have
bugs that are not present in the original. Debian needs to inform their users
that they are not using the original.....
>Since bug reports filed with reportbug go to the Debian bug tracking
>system, the original author has no need to be bothered with them.
Since your bugreport is full if false claims and annoys the "original author",
it is obvious that I need to correct you....
>(Also, 'inofficial' should be spelled 'unofficial')
No, definitely not.
My dictionary lists 'inofficial' before 'unofficial' and a native speaker from
London did tell me that 'inofficial' is OK. Are you not a native speaker?
Jörg
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