Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 19:28:21 -0400 From: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> To: obrien@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bringing LPRng into FreeBSD? - License Issues Message-ID: <v04210100b59159e58585@[128.113.24.47]> In-Reply-To: <20000711092105.E26861@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007110803340.71063-100000@picnic.mat.net> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007110924190.2296-100000@jasper.nighttide.net> <20000711092105.E26861@dragon.nuxi.com>
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At 9:21 AM -0700 7/11/00, David O'Brien wrote:
> > LPRng is available in the ports and the folks that need
> > its functionality aren't unduely harmed if its not in
> > the standard distribution.
>
>The existing LPR system is (1) becoming non-standard with
>the rest of BSD and Unix, and (2) is very antiquated and
>certainly isn't to the standards of how a piece of software
>should operate today.
In what areas have NetBSD and OpenBSD been changing lpr?
I have not checked in with their lpr in several years, but
I am certainly willing to look those over for any good
ideas, once I catch up with my current backlog of work.
My guess is that I wouldn't have any time to look over
{Open,Net}BSD's lpr until September at the very earliest.
I'm also interested in what Darwin/MacOS-10 is up to, as
it happens that I'm the main MacOS support person on the
RPI campus. (not that we have a lot of Macs, but I do a
lot of the support for what we have). I also dabbled a
lot with NeXTstations, so I'm predisposed to poking thru
Darwin even if RPI wasn't going to run it for anything.
I'm not arguing here, I am really interested and you sound
like you know of some specific issues. I have had to make
an occasional change to our (RPI's) lpr to make things
work better with linux users on campus, and now that BSD-ish
interest is on the increase at RPI I would certainly be
happy to have any heads-up for things to look out for
there, too.
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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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