On Thu 19 Apr 2018 at 22:14:05 +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > i wrote: > > > But [genisoimage's] main problem is that nobody wants to do work in its > > > code, of which Joerg Schilling claims intellectual ownership. > > > The first is regrettable. The second does not seem unjustified. > > The man page of xorriso ends by > CREDITS > ... > Compliments towards Joerg Schilling whose cdrtools served me for ten > years. > > But said that, it is annoying to get accused of code stealing from a GPLed > software package, to get invited to contribute to cdrtools, and to get told > that you are not skilled enough to understand the greatness of cdrtools, > all simultaneously.
It takes all sorts.... :) > > > https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Modify/CD > > > I lost the will to live after reading the third section. Like most > > accounts of this nature, it is long on commands to run but short on > > explanation of what is going on. > > The experts want to dump knowledge before it falls victim to Alois Alzheimer. > > That article seems to demonstrate in detail how one would add packages to > an existing installation ISO. Heavy googling might be needed to understand > what it does and how it is to be done nowadays. You have understood the main purpose of the page (as I did). The article could be made a little more explanatory (IMO). Fortunately, there is remedial action which can be taken to make it a little more accessible. > > The wiki (AFAIK) has no structure in place to > > co-ordinate or drive essential changes. The best one can do is to alter > > individual pages. Or write new ones. > > But from that it won't get better but only more fragmented. My point was really about co-ordination, co-operation and discussion on the direction a particular topic should take. There is no central point to address this. Perhaps it isn't needed. I am not asking for such a change to take place; in fact, I rather like the freedom and disciplne offered at present. [...] -- Brian.
