Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 16:59:17 -0400 From: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> To: obrien@FreeBSD.ORG, Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bringing LPRng into FreeBSD? - License Issues Message-ID: <v04210101b59139ecbafd@[128.113.24.47]> In-Reply-To: <20000711092233.F26861@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007110924190.2296-100000@jasper.nighttide.net> <82343.963323518@axl.ops.uunet.co.za> <20000711092233.F26861@dragon.nuxi.com>
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At 9:22 AM -0700 7/11/00, David O'Brien wrote:
>On Tue, Jul 11, 2000 at 03:51:58PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote:
> > 2) Many folks don't need the additional functionality of LPRng.
>
>And many do.
>
> > 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?
If one checks back to the start of this thread, back on June 23rd
I wrote:
Second, my guess is that lprNG will not be a perfectly
compatible drop-in replacement for freebsd's current lpr.
I do expect it would work fine for most people, but that
some people will find that they will have to futz around
with their printcap/printing setup to get the behavior they
are used to (whatever that may be...). That might be an
annoying extra step in upgrading to whatever release of
freebsd that this happens on.
This suggests to me that MAYBE we don't want to bring lprNG
into the base system, so much as MOVE the current lpr from
the base system into a port. Wherever it is that someone
selects that they want 'printing' on their freebsd config,
they could select either this new port or the lprNG-based
port.
Does this seem reasonable/practical/useful?
Note that I wrote this before there was any talk of me possibly
being the maintainer for the current lpr. If we DO want to do
this, I guess I would also like to add the wimp-out clause that
I'd like someone other than me to set up the port, and then I'd
look to maintain this new lpr port (call it 'lpr-tce'), AFTER
someone else has done that initial port-izing work.
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Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.acs.rpi.edu
Senior Systems Programmer or drosih@rpi.edu
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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