No good CD-Rom copy software (fwd)

[John Graddy]

On Mon, 2009-06-29 at 11:04 -0700, NoOp wrote:
> On 06/29/2009 04:04 AM, Res wrote:
> > 
> > Forwarded to the list with approval.
> > 
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:36:42
> > From: Joerg Schilling <Joerg.Schilling at fokus.fraunhofer.de>
> > Subject: Re: No good CD-Rom copy software
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > wodim is a dead fork from a 5 year old version of cdrtools.
> > It contains many bugs that never have been in the original software.
> > Wodim is a result from a non-cooperative downstream package maintainer.
> > 
> > If you like to use recent working software, I recommend you to use the official
> > original software from:
> > 
> > ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/alpha/
> > 
> > The other programs that have been mentioned in the thread are just GUI
> > frontends for cdrtools and of course suffer from not using the original
> > software.
> > 
> > Jörg
> > 
> > 
> 
> These links might make for rather interesting reading:
> 
> http://cdrecord.berlios.de/private/cdrecord.html
>   http://cdrecord.berlios.de/private/linux-dist.html
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cdrtools/+bug/177154
> [cdrtools is undistributable]
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cdrtools/+publishinghistory
> and see where wodim stepped in:
> <http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=cdrecord&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all>
> 
> 
> 
> 
After reading all of this, I have to admit that I'm confused.  It
appears that the current cdrtools is the CD/DVD burner of choice, but
that some of the Debian folks disagree on this point.  Have I got it
right or am I mis-understanding the situation?

Thanks,
John