Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] No-burner support

[William Jon McCann <mccann jhu edu>]

Tom Parker wrote:
> (Apologies to Sririam who will be seeing this twice. Damn 
> "Reply-To"-less mailing lists....)
>
> Sriram Ramkrishna wrote:
>  > Could you put this in bugzilla as a feature request?
>
> Done. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=344300
>
>  > Secondly, it seems to me that it would be more useful if it looked
>  > at HAL and turned it off if the computer did not have have cd
>  > burning capabilities.
>
> That would require being able to add/remove items from the menus in the 
> code as opposed to my current approach of editing the ui XML files at 
> compile time.
>
> Another thought: Could CD burning become a plugin? Crazy idea, but that 
> would allow for both disabling it entirely and as the plugin mechanism 
> already needs a way to add/remove menu or popup items, it might just 
> work...

But when you connect a CD burner to your computer, or someone comes over 
your house and connects a CD burner, you expect CD burner support to be 
present, right?  Even if you don't, I think most people would.

What problems is the burning feature causing you?  Is it just that it is 
present in the menus?

Jon