fedora 6/7 - why do you ignore k3b by default?

[Skunk Worx]

Valent Turkovic wrote:
> Why isn't the best burning software on by default on new fedora 6/7
> installations?
> 
> Is there some particular reason? I see k3b as the best cd/dvd burning
> app and it should be installed by default IMHO.
> 
> Also when it is installed by hand it still doesn't play well on Fedora
> 6/7 desktops.
> I posted a bug for it:
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=240097
> 
> Can you please give a bit more of much needed attention to k3b?
> 
> Thank you very much.
> 

Personally I'm glad they keep things to a minimum. It seems like every 
PC I've used for media mastering is a little odd.

In general, I've found k3b and nautilus to be coaster ovens. I don't 
even bother anymore.

For DVDs I use mkisofs and growisofs on the command line.

For CDs I use xcdroast.

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John