CDRtools in RPMFusion

[Simone Caronni]

Hello,

I would like to merge my current CDRtools package [1] in RPMFusion. It
currently has quite a large user base. It is used by people who needs to
burn Dual Layer DVDs or Blue Ray discs. Currently cdrkit (wodim) is not
able to burn them; actually it never had since its first exception.

I would like to push the package in both Fedora and EPEL branches; as my
package currently works with both. It's also using kernel capabilities in
both EPEL 6+ and Fedora; so that's a nice addition to avoid SUID binaries.

In its current form it simply replaces wodim and all the other cdrkit
packages, so I understand it does not fit in the current RPMFusion policies
for package inclusion. I was thinking to adjust it and submit a review.

Cdrkit currently ships with alternatives configured for readcd, cdrecord
and mkisofs. The idea is to add a package for shipping those as
alternatives for cdrkit with a higher priority. This way, a user who wants
to install cdrecord would have the symlink correctly configured with it as
the preference; the package would not overwrite base packages and there's
no configuration required. And users who don't know what is it, would not
get the package.

There are a few issues though:
- Cdrkit ships symlinks for some of the programs, not all (i.e. isoinfo,
isovfy, etc.); a bug needs to be opened on cdrkit in Fedora.
- Cdrtools binaries would have weird names on the system (like
cdrtools.cdrecord or cdrtools.mkisofs), but alternatives would return the
correct name.
- The package gets really complicated for nothing.
- The same cdrkit package shipped in RHEL 6 uses the same alternatives, and
bugs in bugzilla gets usually ignored.
- The RHEL 5 package can't be updated, as it already ships cdrecord, etc.

I think there would be some interest into shipping it in RPMFusion, at
least for EPEL 6 and Fedora; what is your idea?
Should I proceed into the long process of fixing packages upstream and then
publish the review?
I have a Redhat account as a customer, so I can probably also file bugs for
RHEL 6 cdrkit packages, but I don't know about the results.

Thanks & regards,
--Simone

[1] http://negativo17.org/cdrtools/

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