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

[sean <seanlkml@sympatico.ca>]

On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 16:06:39 -0500
Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com> wrote:


> I notice that the first thing people suggest is to make things like 
> udev, hal and sysfs required instead of optional to do something as 
> simple as burn a CD. 
> [snip]

All that is required is a proper device node in /dev; is this really
so much of a burden?   This device node can be created statically
at install time or via udev or any other method.   In fact if you're 
using udev and a device node isn't automatically created for all 
of your cd burners, you can file a bug report and get it fixed.   So in 
the end all you ever have to teach a user is to pick the device they
want from /dev.

Sean
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