Re: DVD support

[Kenneth Pronovici <kenneth.pronovici@cedar-solutions.com>]

On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 02:09:10PM +0100, Jérôme Warnier wrote:
> Le mercredi 25 janvier 2006 à 23:51 -0600, Kenneth Pronovici a écrit :
> > > Hello guys,
> > 
> > Hi, Jérôme.  Sorry I lost this note.  I was busy around the new year,
> > and then this folder was accidentally marked as having no new mail in
> > it, so I haven't looked at it in a while.
> Well, no offense. I needed it really quick, so had to use another backup
> tool because the data I had to save was huge (actually even more than a
> full DVD).

It turns out that the tool to write to a DVD is different than the tool
to write to a CD.  So, while Cedar Backup knows how to talk to
'cdrecord' and parse its output, not all of that code applies to
whatever tool is used to write DVDs.

> 
> > > Any update on the DVD support in Cedar-Backup?
> > 
> > I don't have a lot of time to spend on Cedar Backup right now because I
> > started a new job.  DVD support is low on my priority list because I
> > don't personally need it.
> I understand, but don't have the necessary skill to help or do it myself
> in Python. I don't even fully understand what could be so different
> between a CD and a DVD aside the size of the media.

Ok.  Well, I will get to this eventually.

> > Eli Spizzichino was working on adding DVD support, but I haven't heard
> > from him in a while (since late October).  I don't know whether he's
> > still interested.   At the time, he was also investigating other backup
> > solutions besides Cedar Backup, so I'm not sure whether he decided to go
> > with something else or if he has just run out of time to work on
> > enhancing Cedar Backup.
> So Eli, if your read us, please comment on that. ;-)
> 
> > The last I heard from Eli, we were discussing exactly how to refactor
> > the code in writer.py so as much as possible of it could be shared
> > between the CdWriter implementation and the DvdWriter implementation,
> > possibly creating some base class for both of them to inherit from.  It
> > also sounded like he needed to add code to work with growisofs as well
> > as a DVD-writer program.
> So he did not even provide this in the end?

He didn't, and I haven't pushed it with him since I know I won't have
much time to integrate whatever he might deliver.

> > Anyway, it doesn't matter much since I won't be able to officially
> > integrate any changes into Cedar Backup for a while yet even if someone
> > can provide them.  I just get time to work on Cedar Backup for a few
> > hours here or there a couple of times per month.
> > 
> > Sorry again that I wasn't able to respond sooner.
> Don't worry, you're not supposed to be available at all time for a work
> you've done and gave generously to the Community. Do your best, and if
> it may be useful to some, they'll let you know.

Why, thank you. :)

KEN

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Kenneth J. Pronovici <pronovic@ieee.org>
http://www.cedar-solutions.com/


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