Gilles Dartiguelongue wrote:
> Le lundi 06 juillet 2009 à 14:18 -0700, Josh Saddler a écrit :
>> Sebastian Pipping wrote:
>>> Rémi Cardona wrote:
>>>> And now for some bikeshedding fun, which flag are we going to keep? ;)
>>> My vote would be for cdaudio as that
>>>
>>>  - is more general (including analog playback)
>>>  - is more user friendly
>>>
>>> but let those decide who "implement" it.
>> I'm also in favor of cdaudio: it's a bit more self-explanatory. I also
>> think it's better to have such a generic description for apps that use
>> libcdio/cdparanoia/cddb combinations, such as the package I maintain,
>> media-sound/decibel-audio-player.
> 
> As I said in [1], cdda has a precise meaning and cdaudio is all but a
> blurry alternative. Also your examples are bad because they are blurring
> the definition even more. Are we talking audio cdrom ripping, audio cd
> data retrieving or simple audio cd playing support ?
> 
> [1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=274818#c1
> 
> 
While cdda might be the correct technical term, how many users will
actually recognize what it means? Personally I think "cdaudio" (or, to
throw in another alternative "audiocd") would be recognized by most
users as support for playing audio cd's (as in the things you buy in the
shops and stick into any stereo made in the last 15+ years).

Are users really going to want to fine-tune between just playing or also
being able to rip/write audio cd's?

A quick check with "quse -D cdaudio cdda" (below) shows that the current
use flag descriptions, as far as I read them, don't make any discrepancy
between these definitions anyway - they all basically say "play audio
cd's" to me (with some additionally enabling cddb, which as a side note
already has a global use flag)

Current use flag descriptions:
 local:cdaudio:media-plugins/audacious-plugins: Enable cd audio playback
support
 local:cdaudio:media-sound/amarok: Enable cdaudio functionality
 local:cdaudio:media-sound/decibel-audio-player: Adds support for CD
audio playback and lookups via CDDB
 local:cdaudio:media-sound/mpfc: Enable cd audio playback support
 local:cdaudio:media-sound/picard: Enable support for CD Index Lookups.
 local:cdda:gnome-base/gvfs: Enables Compact Disc Digital Audio
(standard audio CDs) support
 local:cdda:media-sound/aqualung: Enables libcdda cd audio playback support
 local:cdda:media-video/vlc: Enables audio CD and VCD playback support.

So ultimately, this isn't even bike shedding in my opinion. There's only
one color to paint with anyway.

AllenJB