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Re: Can we shut down the cdrecord locker?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathon Weiss)
Thu Jan 4 02:35:43 2007
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From: Jonathon Weiss <jweiss@MIT.EDU>
To: William Cattey <wdc@MIT.EDU>
cc: release-team@MIT.EDU, Camilla R Fox <cfox@MIT.EDU>
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 03 Jan 2007 16:24:59 EST."
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Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 02:35:38 -0500
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> The cdrecord locker has not been updated since 2001. It has been
> superseded by other tools that are better documented and better loved.
>
> I have done an extensive review of the cdrecord locker, and confirmed
> with Camilla Fox who was the last maintainer of the locker that it is
> in fact moribund.
>
> Camilla suggested setting the cdrecord acl unreadable and deleting
> the locker 6 months later if nobody complains. Apparently that's the
> process alexp uses for moribund lockers.
>
> Then it's just a matter of making sure the Consultants and other
> front line helpers know how to handle any inquiries about the
> cdrecord locker:
> Tell the customer that cdrecord pre-installed is canon now.
> Find out where the customer was told use cdrecord and correct the docs.
>
> QUESTION:
>
> Can I set the cdrecord locker to be read-disabled, and email cfyi
> that this has been done?
>
> Does anyone see any reason NOT to do this, or any additional work
> that should be done?
I happen to know that the cdrecord locker still has at least one user,
whcih is to say "me". Though having realized that cdrecord appears to
be in the release for linux decreases my demand significantly.
However, a quick google search reveals a pile of documentation
pointing to the cdrecord locker. Some effort should be putin gto
finding an updating this, probably before we actively break the
locker. Another possibility is a wrapper around cdrecord in the
locker telling people what to use instead, though with the version in
the release that's probably not required.
Jonathon
