Date: Wed, 3 Dec 1997 20:13:03 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Changing lpd's model of operation slightly... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.971203201116.13852B-100000@current1.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <199712031818.NAA13289@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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As lpr/lpd are not likely to be coming from another project in a new form, I guess you van make improvements like this.. make sure the Man page is VERY CLEAR about anything non standard.. What about lp-ng? On Wed, 3 Dec 1997, Garrett Wollman wrote: > As you should now be aware, I've been working on some fairly > heavy-handed reorganization of the lpr/lpd suite. One of the things > which I'm thinking of doing may be a bit controversial, and so I'd > like to know what other people think. > > What I'm planning on doing (or rather, have done and am planning on > committing once it's tested) is to separate the actual job-printing > functionality out of lpd and into a separate program which lpd > execv()s as necessary to start a printer. This allows that part of > the program to not occupy any memory resources while it is not being > used, but does increase the memory used on machines that host active > printers. > > I think that this will make lpr/lpd a bit cleaner, and is a worthwhile > change, despite the magnitude. (I have other, even more significant > changes coming.) > > -GAWollman > > -- > Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same > wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom > Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame > MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick >
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