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On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 21:55:15 +0100 |
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Peter Stuge <peter@×××××.se> wrote: |
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> James Le Cuirot wrote: |
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> > # James Le Cuirot <chewi@g.o> (26 Jan 2016) |
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> > # No new release since 2008. Removal in 30 days. |
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> > app-cdr/webcdwriter |
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> Is there a problem with it? I don't use it and have no interest in |
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> this particular package but merely lack of release is not a valid |
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> reason to remove the ebuild if everything else is all right. If it |
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> isn't, then maybe that needs to be added to the lastrite comment? |
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I must admit that I had to think twice about this one given its unusual |
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nature. The overriding factor is that there is tons of dead Java |
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software in the tree and we're struggling to even keep up with the live |
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stuff. We're therefore trimming the fat down to a more manageable size. |
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This package was brought to my attention because bugs had been assigned |
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to the optical media herd, which has now been disbanded. There are only |
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3 open bugs, none of them serious, but apart from the lack of releases, |
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I considered several points: |
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* It's presented as a Java web applet or web start application. |
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Applets are all but outlawed these days. Web start isn't dead and |
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you don't strictly need a browser to use it but this isn't exactly a |
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popular way to launch applications. |
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* I'd be very dubious of the security around something like this. Even |
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actively maintained software has seen tons of security |
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vulnerabilities lately, not least in the Java space. |
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* Optical media is on the decline. My main development machine doesn't |
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even have a burner any more so I can't easily test it. |
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* It was designed around cdrecord, which has seen many new releases |
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since then and may not be entirely compatible any more. The cdrkit |
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fork (which I use) may also have similar issues. I'll admit this is |
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purely speculation on my part. |
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* It's fugly. ;) Seriously, no one like Java's Swing and even Oracle |
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and co have put it on life support, fixing critical bugs only. |
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* The ebuild doesn't look like much fun. The project uses autotools, |
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which is rarely a good thing in Java land. |
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* There may be cleaner ways to achieve the same goal. If it were me, |
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I'd try ATA over Ethernet with regular burning software, though I'm |
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not entirely sure it would work. |
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Am I off the hook now? ;) |
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James Le Cuirot (chewi) |
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