Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest)

From: Oliver Neukum
Date: Tue Jan 31 2006 - 07:32:21 EST


Am Dienstag, 31. Januar 2006 13:24 schrieb jerome lacoste:
> On 1/31/06, Joerg Schilling <schilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Jürg Billeter <j@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> [...]
> > Users like to be able to get a list of posible targets for a single protocol.
>
> The Linux users (I know of) like to be able to reference their drives
> the way their Operating System names them.
>
> If it's /dev/cdrw, then it's /dev/cdrw, not '1,0,0'.
>
> Should we make a poll ?

It is entirely possible that the people you know are far from a representative
sample. Most people likely prefer clicking on a description in a GUI. There
needs to be a way to get this list and if possible it should not be specific
to Linux.

Regards
Oliver
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