Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2018 16:07:25 +0200 From: Guido Falsi <mad@madpilot.net> To: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com>, Rene Ladan <rene@FreeBSD.org> Cc: ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r480950 - in head: . archivers archivers/freeze print print/apsfilter print/hpijs Message-ID: <c75b5646-23f9-475c-e8b3-194039eeae5b@madpilot.net> In-Reply-To: <201809301338.w8UDcNcu066031@slippy.cwsent.com> References: <201809301338.w8UDcNcu066031@slippy.cwsent.com>
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On 9/30/18 3:38 PM, Cy Schubert wrote: > In message <201809301108.w8UB8iNG061992@repo.freebsd.org>, Rene Ladan > writes: >> Author: rene >> Date: Sun Sep 30 11:08:43 2018 >> New Revision: 480950 >> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/480950 >> >> Log: >> Remove expired ports: >> print/apsfilter: Mostly unmaintained since 2015 and depends on expired port >> s >> 2018-09-30 print/hpijs: Unsupported since 2005, please migrate to print/hpl >> ip >> 2018-08-15 archivers/freeze: unknown license >> >> Deleted: >> head/archivers/freeze/ >> head/print/apsfilter/ >> head/print/hpijs/ >> Modified: >> head/MOVED >> head/archivers/Makefile >> head/print/Makefile > > It is possible to use apsfilter without hpijs. I use it with a Canon > iP90 or iP100 printer. If anyone has setup pointers for either without > apsfilter, it would be greatly appreciated. > > Maybe cups is the answer. Which brings me to the possibility of > deprecating lpr/lpd in base for 13. Who other than me, who uses (used) > it any more? > > I'm using lpr/lpd at home for printing, and sharing a single printer. lpd is useful with windows machines too, since they can natively talk to an lpd server. So avoiding samba which is overly complicated for simple setups. I'm almost sure all this can be done with CUPS too, but I never checked since the setup just works. -- Guido Falsi <mad@madpilot.net>
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