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On 03/03/10 15:51, Ben de Groot wrote: |
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> On 3 March 2010 19:45, Mart Raudsepp <leio@g.o> wrote: |
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>> I don't believe we should selectively cripple one GUI toolkit with not |
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>> having proper printing support out of the box on a desktop profile, |
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>> while others do, just because maintainers are lazy. |
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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 environments |
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without needing printing support. As we advance further toward a |
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paperless computing experience, the need for printing support becomes |
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even less. And, as it is incredibly simple to add print capabilities by |
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placing the cups USE flag in /etc/make.conf, that choice should be left |
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to the user. |
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Regards, |
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Nathan Zachary |
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