Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 03:11:06 -0500 From: Mike Pritchard <mpp@mppsystems.com> To: Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.osd.bsdi.com>, Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bringing LPRng into FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20000628031106.A29494@mppsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <20000627230628.F42285@argon.gryphonsoft.com>; from andrews@technologist.com on Tue, Jun 27, 2000 at 11:06:28PM -0400 References: <200006272329.RAA50325@harmony.village.org> <10451.962149487@localhost> <20000627230628.F42285@argon.gryphonsoft.com>
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On Tue, Jun 27, 2000 at 11:06:28PM -0400, Will Andrews wrote: > On Tue, Jun 27, 2000 at 04:44:47PM -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > Well, I've certainly seen more "I'm against it!" cries than I've seen > > "I'm for it!", leading me towards thinking that maybe it's Just Not > > Worth It and the standard lpr is just fine and can be augmented by > > apsfilter for those who want more out of it. > > I concur. > > My motivation for originally supporting LPRng was because the 26,000 > lines of code extra (or whatever it was) was much less than the amount > of junk apsfilter installs that I don't need. And if you were willing to install apsfilter in the first place, then you probably wouldn't have a problem with installing LPRng from ports, either. I wouldn't mind seeing our lpr do some of the things apsfilter/LPRng does. Years ago, apsfilter was tiny, but it did everything I needed/wanted it to do. That old version would suit me fine today. Unfortunately, apsfilter has also become *very* bloated. Having worked on problems with lpr/lpd in the past, I would rather stick with a more mature piece of software, rather than bring in something new. I'm also willing to test/review changes to our current lpr/lpd, since I've worked on it/used it in the past, under various BSD systems. -Mike -- Mike Pritchard mpp@FreeBSD.org or mpp@mppsystems.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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