Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 20:30:04 -0700 (PDT) From: papowell@astart.com To: arch@FreeBSD.ORG, sheldonh@uunet.co.za Cc: papowell@astart.com Subject: Re: was: Bringing LPRng into FreeBSD? Message-ID: <200007040330.UAA07644@h4.private>
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> From sheldonh@axl.ops.uunet.co.za Mon Jun 26 02:46:32 2000 > From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> > To: arch@FreeBSD.ORG > cc: papowell@astart.com > Subject: Re: was: Bringing LPRng into FreeBSD? > Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 11:46:23 +0200 > > > 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. > 1. Kerberos authentication, as well as PGP, md5, etc. support. 2. Load balancing queues 3. Dynamic routing of jobs 4. Form support 5. Permissions support for printers at the user level 6. Printcap support that allows you to easily use LDAP, NIS++, SQL, or your favorite network database. 7. Diagnostics. 8. More Diagnostics. 9. Did I mention dynamically configurable run time enabled diagnostics? 10. remote lpc administration Patrick Powell To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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