Re: [gNewSense-users] Bug 108- cdrtools.

[Karl Goetz]

On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 16:14 +0300, Markus Laire wrote:
> On 9/20/07, Chris Andrew <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Hi, all.
> > 2)  If found to be non-free, what will the effect be of removing
> > cdrtools from gNS.  Anyone know which packages it will break?
> 
> It will remove CD/DVD-writing support from gNS. It will break all
> packages which depends on CD/DVD-writing ability.
> 
> Debian has fixed this situation by replacing cdrtools with cdrkit. If
> gNS accepts cdrkit as free software, then gNS could do the same. If
> not, gNS might have a big problem here.

We would have to backport and maintain it for ourselves - a real pita a
around.
Wasnt there questions about cdrkit's freedom too?
kk

> 
> [1] http://packages.ubuntu.com/dapper/source/cdrtools
> [2] http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00031
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Karl Goetz <address@hidden>
Debian / Ubuntu / gNewSense