Application duplication (was: Re: cdbakeoven)

[aleXXX]

On Thursday 18 April 2002 19:29, Volker Augustin wrote:
> Hello,
>
> IMO this discussion and the previous kde-devel discrussion are far to
> polarized. Both groups have some good arguments. Let's sum up a few:
>
> As all frontends for cd-related matters have to deal with the various
> cd-recording/-grabbing/-reading backends, it might be a good idea to
> create a common layer between those backends and the frontends providing
> ways for the frontends to determine which services/operations are available
> on the system.

I don't think we need a libkcdrecord, the common backend already exists in 
the form of the used command line utilities.

> Depending on the purpose a frontend is developed for it might choose to
> provide only some or all those operations to the user.
>
> As the frontends will mostly share at least some operations it might also
> be a good idea to share some GUI resources such as widgets, strings, icons.

Sure.

Bye
Alex