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From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
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Subject: Re: was: Bringing LPRng into FreeBSD? 
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Could someone just enumerate the advantages of importing LPRng?  It
seems to be a package which can me made to do everything FreeBSD's lpr
can do, but it does not seem to be a superset of FreeBSD's lpr.  This
means that there is a cost associated with bringing it in as a
replacement.

Are we sure that the cost is justified?  Is it so much better than the
existing lpr that having it available as a port is "not enough"?

I have no stsrong opinion one way or the other, but I do get the feeling
that this thread has skipped an important issue, instead focusing on
licensing.  This looks like a little cart before horse.

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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