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From: Andrew Savchenko <bircoph@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Printer drivers and net-print
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2021 16:57:18
Message-Id: 20211217195625.a14b68e403db09b744001334@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Printer drivers and net-print by Andreas Sturmlechner
1 On Fri, 17 Dec 2021 14:00:48 +0100 Andreas Sturmlechner wrote:
2 > On Montag, 20. Februar 2017 22:47:17 CET Andreas K. Huettel wrote:
3 > > Hey all,
4 > >
5 > > 1) Putting printer drivers into "net-print" is silly.
6 > >
7 > > Something that converts format a to device-specific format b has absolutely
8 > > nothing to do with network.
9 > > So, a new category "sys-print", emphasizing that it's hardware drivers, (or
10 > > "cups-drv"?) (or maybe "media-print"?) might make sense.
11 > >
12 > > 2) After introducing that, however, "net-print" becomes nearly empty.
13 > >
14 > > On a quick glance, the only *network*-specific packages in there are cups
15 > > and lprng. Maybe one or two more which I dont recognize.
16 > >
17 > > So move cups and lprng to "net-misc" and drop "net-print"?
18 > > Or move them to new "sys-print" as well?
19 > >
20 > > What do you think?
21 > >
22 > > Cheers,
23 > > Andreas
24 >
25 > I would like to resume this discussion on the occasion of a new [shameless
26 > plug] package PAPPL that is to be packaged, see also [1], from the point
27 > before discussion went off on an X-Y categories tangent.
28 >
29 > Here's a list of suggestions made for a new category so far, ordered from
30 > (seemingly) best- to least-liked:
31 >
32 > media-print
33 > sys-print
34 > app-print(ing)
35
36 IMHO sys-print is the best variant, since printing often requires
37 system privileges to set it up or change lots of settings.
38
39 Best regards,
40 Andrew Savchenko

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Printer drivers and net-print Joshua Kinard <kumba@g.o>