From owner-freebsd-arch Tue Jul 11 10:23:25 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from point.osg.gov.bc.ca (point.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.102.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 568DB37B7B8; Tue, 11 Jul 2000 10:23:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by point.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.8.7/8.8.8) id KAA18089; Tue, 11 Jul 2000 10:23:15 -0700 Received: from passer.osg.gov.bc.ca(142.32.110.29) via SMTP by point.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpda18087; Tue Jul 11 10:22:56 2000 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.9.3/8.9.1) id KAA11493; Tue, 11 Jul 2000 10:22:56 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200007111722.KAA11493@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca> Received: from localhost.osg.gov.bc.ca(127.0.0.1), claiming to be "passer.osg.gov.bc.ca" via SMTP by localhost.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpdo11456; Tue Jul 11 10:22:22 2000 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 Reply-To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group X-OS: FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE X-Sender: cy To: obrien@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Sheldon Hearn , arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bringing LPRng into FreeBSD? - License Issues In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 11 Jul 2000 09:22:33 PDT." <20000711092233.F26861@dragon.nuxi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 10:22:21 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <20000711092233.F26861@dragon.nuxi.com>, "David O'Brien" writes: > On Tue, Jul 11, 2000 at 03:51:58PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > 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? This would be a huge step in the right direction. We should do the same with Sendmail, BIND, nvi, and every other component of the O/S. In short everything should be installed (or for those of us who installworld, registered) as packages, like Solaris or MVS (IBM mainframe O/S) do. Let the user decide what to install or not install. Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/DEC Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message