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On 19/01/13 05:33 AM, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 3:18 AM, Ben de Groot <yngwin@g.o> |
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>> I'm not sure whether we need to keep cups at all. I haven't |
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>> printed anything from my personal PC or laptop in years. And I'm |
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>> sure I'm not the only one. |
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> The suggestion that few people actually print anything ever really |
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> seems "out of touch" to me, but it could easily be |
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> cultural/generational/etc, and maybe I'm the one who is out of |
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> touch. |
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I'll add to this bikeshed.. |
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I'll agree (as i believe most will) that the days are going where |
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everyone has a printer linked to their computer. However, I also hold |
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the opinion that many (if not the majority) have access to a printer |
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when necessary, either via their network or (in the case of laptops) |
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via accessing a colleague's network. |
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We could certainly disable/remove cups from the default profiles, and |
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thus drop printing support -- but do we really want to put users into |
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a situation that they will have to rebuild a bunch of stuff for those |
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cases when the -do- want to print something? I think opt-out on this |
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one is still a better option; if you *know* the install will never |
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need to print (or act as a print server), USE="-cups" is easy enough |
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to set. |
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