Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 09:22:33 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bringing LPRng into FreeBSD? - License Issues Message-ID: <20000711092233.F26861@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <82343.963323518@axl.ops.uunet.co.za>; from sheldonh@uunet.co.za on Tue, Jul 11, 2000 at 03:51:58PM %2B0200 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007110924190.2296-100000@jasper.nighttide.net> <82343.963323518@axl.ops.uunet.co.za>
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On Tue, Jul 11, 2000 at 03:51:58PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > I'm pretty sure that there's very little to be gained by importing LPRng > into the base system, since: > > 1) We seem to have an active lpr maintainer again. I'll believe it when I see him actively _committing_ to it. We've had so many people step forward to maintain something and then never get around to doing it. > 2) Many folks don't need the additional functionality of LPRng. And many do. > 3) Many folks who need LPRng will have to install it from the ports to > get all of its functionality. Then how about we rip LPR from the base system and let people install the printing system they need from ports? -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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