Re: rollback print/cups for pkgsrc-2014Q2?

[eric%cirr.com@localhost (Eric Schnoebelen)]

Thomas Klausner writes:
- On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 02:42:20PM -0500, Eric Schnoebelen wrote:
- > I'm rapidly reaching the conclusion that cups with-out cups filters
- > is nearly useless in an environment of networked systems sharing
- > a common print server.
- > 
- > Should we consider rolling cups-filters into cups so we keep
- > functionality equivalent to cups 1.5?
- 
- I don't like that for maintenance reasons, but a meta package of
- appropriate name (cups-working? :) that depends on both would be ok
- in my eyes.

I can't say I'm fond of the idea either, but pkgsrc does have
the infrastructure to handle a package needing multiple source
tar-balls to build.

In reality, if you install cups-filters, all will work as
desired (or will after I check in the small set of changes and
clean ups in a little bit.) But in it's current naming scheme,
it's extremely non-obvious that you must have cups-filters to
have a working cups printing system.

I'd be inclined to name the meta package "cups", and have what
is currently cups built/installed as cups-server or cups-base.

Just my thoughts, which, when combined with $5, might get you
something good to drink at the neighborhood coffee house or pub.

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