Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:21:01 +0200 From: Marius Strobl <marius@alchemy.franken.de> To: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> Cc: Joerg Schilling <Joerg.Schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de>, freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, dfpleal@gmail.com Subject: Re: cant burn a cd iso Message-ID: <20090629182101.GC12426@alchemy.franken.de> In-Reply-To: <200906290942.n5T9g4Xi008622@fire.js.berklix.net> References: <4a487b0b.il/42Wi7dzHBxk4X%Joerg.Schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de> <200906290942.n5T9g4Xi008622@fire.js.berklix.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 11:42:04AM +0200, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > Hi marius@FreeBSD.org > cc freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org > Current ports/sysutils/cdrtools/Makefile lists you as maintainer: > PORTVERSION?= 2.01 > MAINTAINER= marius@FreeBSD.org > Forwarded below from author of cdrecord: > -------- > > > From: Joerg.Schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de (Joerg Schilling) > > Joerg Schilling wrote: > > Hi, > > > > what is the reason for using a 5 year old cdrtools version? > > > > Are there no updates on FreeBSD? > The main reason for still defaulting to cdrtools 2.01 is to provider a known-good mkisofs for release engineering, especially since we've already been bitten by IIRC a third-party archiver in the past. My experience was that the 2.01.01 alpha series mkisofs didn't always seem suitable for this purpose, actually even the cdrtools release notes discouraged its use from time to time. The other reason is that for over a year now the 2.01.01 alpha release notes indicate a non-alpha release being imminent, i.e. it didn't look like we'd use 2.01 for yet another year: <...> NEW features of cdrtools-2.01.01a41: ******* NOTE: cdrtools is currently in a state just before a new major release. <...> Note that up to 2.01.01a27 the release notes also sounded like 2.01.01 would only be a minor update to 2.01 released "soon". Anyway, those requiring the latest alpha version always can install the cdrtools-devel port instead. Marius
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20090629182101.GC12426>