diff --git a/README b/README index 8c6ce3a..f23bbf4 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - libburn.pykix.org + libburnia.pykix.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This all is under GPL. (See GPL reference, our clarification and commitment at the end of this text) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -libburn.pykix.org +libburnia.pykix.org By Mario Danic and Thomas Schmitt Copyright (C) 2006 Mario Danic, Thomas Schmitt @@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ Still containing parts of Libburn. By Derek Foreman and Ben Jansens Copyright (C) 2002-2006 Derek Foreman and Ben Jansens -These parts are to be replaced by own code of above libburn.pykix.org-copyright -holders and then libburn.pykix.org is to be their sole copyright. +These parts are to be replaced by own code of above libburnia.pykix.org +copyright holders and then libburnia.pykix.org is to be their sole copyright. This is done to achieve the right to issue the clarification and the commitment as written at the end of this text. The rights and merits of the Libburn-copyright holders Derek Foreman and Ben Jansens will be duely respected. -This libburn.pykix.org toplevel README (C) 2006 Thomas Schmitt +This libburnia.pykix.org toplevel README (C) 2006 Thomas Schmitt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Build and Installation @@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ This libburn.pykix.org toplevel README (C) 2006 Thomas Schmitt Our build system is based on autotools. For preparing the build of a SVN snapshot you will need autotools of at least version 1.7. Check out from SVN by - svn co http://libburn-svn.pykix.org/trunk libburn_pykix -and apply autotools by + svn co http://libburnia-svn.pykix.org/libburn/trunk libburn_pykix +go into directory libburn_pykix and apply autotools by ./bootstrap Alternatively you may unpack a release tarball for which you do not need autotools installed. -To build libburn.pykix.org and its subprojects it should be sufficient to go +To build a libburnia.pykix.org subproject it should be sufficient to go into its toplevel directory (here: "libburn_pykix") and execute ./configure make @@ -42,28 +42,35 @@ into its toplevel directory (here: "libburn_pykix") and execute To make the libraries accessible for running resp. developing applications make install + +The other half of the project, libisofs, is hosted in the libburnia SVN, too: + svn co http://libburnia-svn.pykix.org/libisofs/trunk libisofs_pykix +See README file there. + + ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Overview of libburn.pykix.org -libburn.pykix.org is an open-source library for reading, mastering and writing -optical discs. For now this means only CD-R and CD-RW. + Overview of libburnia.pykix.org + +libburnia.pykix.org is an open-source software project for reading, mastering +and writing optical discs. For now this means only CD-R and CD-RW. The project comprises of several more or less interdependent parts which together strive to be a usable foundation for application development. These are libraries, language bindings, and middleware binaries which emulate classical (and valuable) Linux tools. -Our scope is currently Linux 2.4 and 2.6 and we will have a hard time to widen -this for now, because of our history. The project could need advise from or -membership of skilled kernel people and people who know how to talk CD/DVD -drives into doing things. +Our scope is currently Linux 2.4 and 2.6 only. For ports to other systems +we would need : login on a development machine resp. a live OS on CD or DVD, +advise from a system person about the equivalent of Linux sg or FreeBSD CAM, +volunteers for testing of realistic use cases. We do have a workable code base for burning data CDs, though. The burn API is quite comprehensively documented and can be used to build a presentable application. We do have a functional binary which emulates parts of cdrecord in order to -prove that usability, and in order to allow you to explore libburn's scope +prove that usability, and in order to allow you to explore libburnia's scope by help of existing cdrecord frontends. The project components (list subject to growth, hopefully): @@ -158,6 +165,19 @@ Project history as far as known to me: This version of cdrskin is much more cdrecord compatible in repect to drive addressing and audio features. +- 30th October 2006 release of cdrskin-0.2.4 . + +- 13th November 2006 splitting releases of libburn+cdrskin from libisofs. + +- 24th November 2006 release of libburn-0.2.6 and cdrskin-0.2.6 . cdrskin has + become suitable for unaware frontends as long as they perform only the core + of cdrecord use cases (including open-ended input streams, audio, and + multi-session). + +- 28th November 2006 the umbrella project which encloses both, libisofs and + libburn, is now called libburnia. For the origin of this name, see + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liburnians . + ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @@ -177,9 +197,9 @@ Project history as far as known to me: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Clarification in my name and in the name of Mario Danic, upcoming copyright -holders on toplevel of libburn. To be fully in effect after the remaining other -copyrighted code has been replaced by ours and by copyright-free contributions -of our friends: +holders on toplevel of libburnia. To be fully in effect after the remaining +other copyrighted code has been replaced by ours and by copyright-free +contributions of our friends: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ We, the copyright holders, agree on the interpretation that