From 7e0482a461b93cfca62bc7bca82116ae7aadab4c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vreixo Formoso Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2008 16:39:49 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Prepare README and Roadmap files. --- README | 111 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------ Roadmap | 10 +++-- 2 files changed, 82 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 704fe87..80500bf 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,56 +1,86 @@ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - libburnia-project.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -This all is under GPL. -(See GPL reference, our clarification and commitment at the end of this text) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -libburnia-project.org -By Mario Danic and Thomas Schmitt -Copyright (C) 2006-2007 Mario Danic, Thomas Schmitt - -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 libburnia-project.org -copyright holders and then libburnia-project.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 libburnia-project.org toplevel README (C) 2006-2007 Thomas Schmitt + libisofs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Build and Installation +Released under GPL (see COPYING file for details). -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://svn.libburnia-project.org/libburn/trunk libburn -go into directory libburn and apply autotools by - ./bootstrap +Copyright (C) 2008 Vreixo Formoso, Mario Danic, Thomas Schmitt + +libisofs is part of the libburnia project (libburnia-project.org) +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +libisofs is a library to create an ISO-9660 filesystem, and supports extensions +like RockRidge or Joliet. It is also a full featured ISO-9660 editor, allowing +you to modify an ISO image or multisession disc, including file addition and +removal, change of file names and attributes, etc + +Features: +--------- + +- Image creation + - Creates ISO-9660 images from local files. + - Support for RockRidge and Joliet extensions. + - Support for ISO-9660:1999 (version 2) + - Support for El-Torito bootable images. + - Full featured edition of file names and attributes on the image. + - Several options to relax ISO-9660 constraints. + - Special options for images intended for distribution (suitable default + modes for files, hiding of real timestamps...) +- Multisession + - Support for growing an existing image + - Full-featured edition of the image files, including: addition of new + files, removing of existent files, moving files, renaming files, + change file attributes (permissions, timestamps...) + - Support for "emulated multisession" or image growing, suitable for non + multisession media such as DVD+RW +- Image modification + - It can create a completely new image from files on another image. + - Full-featured edition of image contents +- Others + - Handling of different input and output charset + - Good integration with libburn for image burning. + - Reliable, good handling of different kind of errors. + +Requirements: +------------- + +- libburn 0.4.2 headers must be installed at compile time. It is not required + at runtime. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + + Download, Build and Installation + +libisofs code is mantained in a Bazaar repository at Launchpad +(https://launchpad.net/libisofs/). You can download it with: + +$ bzr branch lp:libisofs + +Our build system is based on autotools. For preparing the build you will need +autotools of at least version 1.7. If you have download the code from the +repository, first of all you need to execute + + ./autogen.sh + +on toplevel dir to execute autotools. Alternatively you may unpack a release tarball for which you do not need autotools installed. -To build a libburnia-project.org subproject it should be sufficient to go -into its toplevel directory (here: "libburn") and execute +To build libisofs it should be sufficient to go into its toplevel directory +and execute + ./configure --prefix=/usr make 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://svn.libburnia-project.org/libisofs/trunk libisofs -See README file there. +See INSTALL file for further details. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Overview of libburnia-project.org libburnia-project.org is an open-source software project for reading, mastering @@ -204,6 +234,17 @@ Project history as far as known to me: We look back on improved stability, a substantially extended list of media and write modes, and better protection against typical user mishaps. +- 24th October 2007 version 0.4.0 is the foundation of new library libisoburn + and an upcomming integrated application for manipulating and writing + ISO 9660 + Rock Ridge images. cdrskin-0.4.0 got capabilities like growisofs + by these enhancements: growing of overwriteable media and disk files. + Taking again a bow towards Andy Polyakov. + +- 26th Januar 2008 version 0.4.2 rectifies the version numbering so that we + reliably release libburn.so.4 as should have been done since libburn-0.3.2. + cdrskin now is by default linked dynamically and does a runtime check + to ensure not to be started with a libburn which is older than itself. + ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ diff --git a/Roadmap b/Roadmap index 0630af4..926ecef 100644 --- a/Roadmap +++ b/Roadmap @@ -2,24 +2,26 @@ >>>>>>>>>> RELEASE 0.6.1 (development) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - Review error severities -- Prepare API for stability and compatibility check +OK - Prepare API for stability and compatibility check - Documentation >>>>>>>>>> RELEASE 0.6.2 (stable) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - Intensive testing and bug fixing + +>>>>>>>>>> RELEASE 0.6.3 (development) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + - Improves to public tree -> Expose node extended info. Always compile it. (little memory cost) -> Review builder / tree / node relation -> Optimize storage of children in node? -> Inode object? - ->>>>>>>>>> RELEASE 0.6.3 (development) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - - Expose Builder and Streams - Implement filters: compression, encryption... - Consider some kind of plugin system for Builders, Filesystems and Filters. +- ECMA-119, Joliet, and ISO-9660:1999 writers can share most of the code. + Create a new writer as a generalization of these. - Update Java bindings >>>>>>>>>>> ......