From owner-freebsd-ports Thu Jan 10 19:23: 3 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from wwweasel.geeksrus.net (wwweasel.geeksrus.net [64.67.200.82]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B08637B404 for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2002 19:22:56 -0800 (PST) Received: (from alane@localhost) by wwweasel.geeksrus.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g0B3Maj88166; Thu, 10 Jan 2002 22:22:36 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from alane) Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 22:22:36 -0500 From: Alan Eldridge To: Paul Murphy Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG, KDE FreeBSD List Subject: Re: CUPS dependency in KDE packages Message-ID: <20020111032236.GA88114@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> References: <040735219030a12FE7@mail7.nc.rr.com> <03e262257230a12FE8@mail8.nc.rr.com> <20020110220857.442c7b1c.pnmurphy@cogeco.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020110220857.442c7b1c.pnmurphy@cogeco.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.24i Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 10:08:57PM -0500, Paul Murphy wrote: > > What's the big deal with CUPS anyway? Why does it have to be a part of >KDE at all! If there is a port for CUPS then those who need it know where >to get it, those who don't need (want) it shouldn't have it rammed down >their throats. It seems like someone has a vested interest keeping >KDE+CUPS and making the ports system jump through hoops to make it >work. Easy, now .... The whole problem he (Brian) had was because he's using old packages (an old *version*, 2.2.1, even) from long before we split cups up. If cups support (*libraries* *only*) is not compiled into kdelibs, then persons who use cups cannot do so without building kdelibs from ports. If cups support (*libraries* *only*) *is* compiled into kdelibs, then persons who want cups can use it, and it has *no* *effect* whatsoever on those who don't. So yes, there is an interest in including it. If it's kept in, it doesn't bother anybody who doesn't want it. It it's taken out, it inconveniences those who do want it. (And I'm not even making any value judgements over whether it is a better printing system, because they are not relevant to the discussion.) The bottom line is: Use current ports and/or packages. Ranting about a problem that we fixed a month ago doesn't do anybody any good. -- Alan Eldridge Pmmfmffmmfmp mmmpppppffmpmfpmpppff PmpMpmMpp ppfppp MpfpffmppmppMmpFmmMpm mfpmmmmmfpmpmpppff. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message