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On Fri, 17 Dec 2021 14:00:48 +0100 Andreas Sturmlechner wrote: |
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> On Montag, 20. Februar 2017 22:47:17 CET Andreas K. Huettel wrote: |
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> > Hey all, |
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> > 1) Putting printer drivers into "net-print" is silly. |
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> > Something that converts format a to device-specific format b has absolutely |
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> > nothing to do with network. |
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> > So, a new category "sys-print", emphasizing that it's hardware drivers, (or |
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> > "cups-drv"?) (or maybe "media-print"?) might make sense. |
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> > 2) After introducing that, however, "net-print" becomes nearly empty. |
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> > On a quick glance, the only *network*-specific packages in there are cups |
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> > and lprng. Maybe one or two more which I dont recognize. |
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> > So move cups and lprng to "net-misc" and drop "net-print"? |
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> > Or move them to new "sys-print" as well? |
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> > What do you think? |
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> > Cheers, |
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> > Andreas |
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> I would like to resume this discussion on the occasion of a new [shameless |
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> plug] package PAPPL that is to be packaged, see also [1], from the point |
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> before discussion went off on an X-Y categories tangent. |
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> Here's a list of suggestions made for a new category so far, ordered from |
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> (seemingly) best- to least-liked: |
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> media-print |
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> sys-print |
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> app-print(ing) |
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IMHO sys-print is the best variant, since printing often requires |
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system privileges to set it up or change lots of settings. |
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Best regards, |
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Andrew Savchenko |