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chrome://messenger/locale/messengercompose/composeMsgs.properties: |
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> I'm not talking about selectively disabling cups. My proposal is |
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>>>> to no longer enable the cups useflag in the base profile. I don't |
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>>>> think cups should be part of the base profile, and as a result |
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>>>> cascading to the desktop profile. And a lot of people seem to |
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>>>> agree. Users can always enable that functionality when they |
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>>>> need it. It is not something that is necessary for running a |
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>>>> desktop system. |
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>>>> Cheers, |
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>>>> |
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>>> I agree that CUPS is not really necessary in the desktop profile, and |
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>>> especially in the base profile. Many systems run desktop |
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>>> environments without needing printing support. As we advance further |
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>>> toward a paperless computing experience, the need for printing |
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>>> support becomes even less. And, as it is incredibly simple to add |
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>>> print capabilities by placing the cups USE flag in /etc/make.conf, |
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>>> that choice should be left to the user. |
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>>> Regards, |
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>>> Nathan Zachary |
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>> One could argue the opposite as well. Adding -cups to make.conf is |
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>> just as easy. |
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>> I'm one of those lowly users. |
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>> Dale |
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>> :-) :-) |
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> I think that the point is that it is better to have it disabled by |
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> default so that new users do not run into these circular dependencies |
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> upon their first installation. They can then add cups to their |
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> make.conf and emerge -avuDN world to get full printing support. |
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> Just as a sidebar, there is not a "lowly user." Your input is greatly |
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> important in all matters regarding Gentoo as you are a member of the |
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> userbase. It's your operating system too! :) |
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> Regards, |
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> Nathan Zachary |
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Let just think of it this way. I have to reinstall say from a dead hard |
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drive. I have copies of my make.conf and world file. I install my new |
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drive, download the tarball and unpack it. I copy over make.conf and |
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world. Naturally cups will be enabled. Then I sync and start to |
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update. Isn't that circular dependency still going to be there? After |
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all, this is how I install Gentoo even if from scratch. I set my USE |
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line before I start to emerge or update. |
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It seems to me, in my situation, this would not solve much. Maybe I am |
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incorrect in that. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |