Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 17:03:34 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Satoshi TAOKA <taoka@infonets.hiroshima-u.ac.jp> Cc: kris@obsecurity.org, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/print Makefile ports/print/pips-sc480 Makefile distinfo pkg-comment pkg-descr Message-ID: <20011117170334.C95629@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20011108095631J.taoka@infonets.hiroshima-u.ac.jp>; from taoka@infonets.hiroshima-u.ac.jp on Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 09:56:31AM %2B0900 References: <200111071755.fA7HtGH45299@freefall.freebsd.org> <20011107123409.C45824@xor.obsecurity.org> <20011108095631J.taoka@infonets.hiroshima-u.ac.jp>
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--ctP54qlpMx3WjD+/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 09:56:31AM +0900, Satoshi TAOKA wrote: >=20 > > On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 09:55:16AM -0800, Satoshi Taoka wrote: > > > taoka 2001/11/07 09:55:16 PST > > >=3D20 > > > Modified files: > > > print Makefile=3D20 > > > Added files: > > > print/pips-sc480 Makefile distinfo pkg-comment pkg-descr=3D20 > > > Log: > > > Photo Image Print System for Linux --- EPSON Stylus SC40 > >=20 > > Do these really have to be separate ports? >=20 > I think do. >=20 > First the above message "EPSON Stylus SC40" in Log is wrong. > This port is for "EPSON Stylus SC480". >=20 > Each names of the ports came from printer names (e.g. > Photo Image Print System for linux --- epson Stylus SC480 > is abbreviated to pips-sc480). >=20 > Each of the printer drivers pips* and bjfilter* is for a EPSON injet > printer and a Canon bubble jet print, respectively. >=20 > And then its size is more than 1 MB.=20 > So total size of these drivers for each vendors is too large to > collect (in the case of EPSON, the size is more than 30MB). >=20 > These were distributed from the vendors and a part of source codes > (which is concerned with patents) is not open. > So we cannot modify the codes to reduce the size. Yes, I understand this, but since there are potentially dozens or hundreds of these near-identical ports it seems like they should be collapsed into something simpler. Kris --ctP54qlpMx3WjD+/ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE79wjlWry0BWjoQKURAr48AKCSwxOFiFfB30u68k9y3cmuXL8mQACfcAWZ r5eVI2xbzvPGdJ20t1pfyac= =5bhv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ctP54qlpMx3WjD+/-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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