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Re: Re-enabling cups option in gtk3



Hello coypu,

coypu%sdf.org@localhost writes:
> [...]
> As far as I can tell, there were two reasons not to enable cups in gtk3.
> - Darwin mysteriously has problems with our cups package (weird, because
>   cups is an apple thing)
> - if CUPS is not running, trying to reach firefox's print dialog
>   (ctrl+P) would wedge.
> [...]

I would add a third reason (and I think that was also pointed out last
time in <https://mail-index.NetBSD.org/tech-pkg/2018/06/29/msg019921.html>):

 - IMO a GUI toolkit should not force the user to install a print server

(...and at least last time I had checked it the `cups' option was
disabled by default for all packages).

Also, why should it be enabled by default? (I think that it provides a
more customized print "widget" when printing via, e.g.
`gtk3-demo --run=printing' but this and previous discussion did not
clearly mention that)

I would prefer that it is disabled by default for the 3rd reason.


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