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by Rene Rebe :: Rate this Message:

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Hi,

I'll update the meta info, and also add the new package (probably  
today).

For us stable means rock solid, API stable. For classic U*ix like  
packages,
this usually means when they have no 0 as major version number
component :-)

Regards,
   RenĂ©

On 11.05.2009, at 17:34, Thomas Schmitt wrote:

> Hi,
>
>>> http://svn.exactcode.de/t2/trunk/package/filesystem/libburn/libburn.desc
>> Yes, sure. Feel free to propose.
>
> I did not flatly post a patch because i am
> unsure about your policies with .desc info.
>
> libburn.desc describes the software at
> http://icculus.org/burn/
>
> [I] An open-source library for reading, mastering and writing  
> optical discs
> [T] Libburn is an open-source library for reading, mastering and  
> writing
>    optical discs.
> [A] Dana Jansens
> [A] Derek Foreman
>
> That one has shown no progress since mid 2006.
> The last released version is 0.2.
>
> T2 is actually offering the software component
> libburn from http://libburnia-project.org/
>
> [U] http://libburnia-project.org/
> [V] 0.6.6.pl00
>
> That's the current version where i am the main
> developer since august 2006.
> It inherited the capabilities of icculus-libburn
> and extended them to CD TAO, DVD, and BD media.
> (Taking a bow towards Andy Polyakov's growisofs.)
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> Proposal:
>
> [I] A burn library for CD, DVD, BD and a cdrecord emulator.
> [T] Libburn is an open-source library by which preformatted data
>    get onto optical media: CD, DVD, BD (Blu-Ray). It comes with
>    a cdrecord compatible command line application named cdrskin.
> [A] Mario Danic
> [A] Thomas Schmitt
>
> Whether to keep
> [A] Dana Jansens
> [A] Derek Foreman
> depends on whether the founders of a project shall
> stay named as authors even if overthrown by a fork
> some years ago.
> They are still undisputed participants in the
> copyright of libburn.
>
> What does "Status Beta" mean exactly ?
> libburn is intended for production systems.
> Not that there would be no bugs to be expected,
> but it gets constantly tested by doing backups
> with checkreading.
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> Further proposal:
>
> T2 already covers libisofs from libburnia-project.org.
> We have a third component, libisoburn, which i cannot
> find yet in T2. It would be worth, though:
>
> [I] A library and an application for multi-session ISO 9660  
> filesystems.
> [T] Libisoburn coordinates libburn and libisofs to enable
>    creation and manipulation of ISO-9660 filesystems on
>    CD, DVD, BD, in disk files, or into pipes. It comes
>    with a command line application named xorriso, which goes
>    quite beyond the limitations of mkisofs.
> [U] http://libburnia-project.org/
> [A] Vreixo Formoso
> [A] Thomas Schmitt
> [C] extra/filesystem
>
> [L] GPL
> [V] 0.3.8.pl00
> [D] ?????????? libisoburn-0.3.8.pl00.tar.gz http://files.libburnia-project.org/releases/
>
> Dependencies on Linux:
>  libc, libpthread, libburn, libisofs
> Optional dependencies on Linux:
>  readline-devel, libreadline, libacl-devel, libacl, zlib-devel, zlib
>
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> Have a nice day :)
>
> Thomas
>
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