Re: wip/libreoffice: Why cups dependency?

[Mayuresh <mayuresh%acm.org@localhost>]

On Fri, Apr 06, 2012 at 12:39:26AM +0900, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 09:01:37PM +0530, Mayuresh wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 05:24:55PM +0200, Francois Tigeot wrote:
> > > Mayuresh wrote:
> > > >Is there any way wip/libreoffice can be built sans cups?
> > > 
> > > Probably, but then it won't be able to print anything.
> > > 
> > > What is the issue you're trying to solve here ?
> > 
> > Firstly, I am unable to build cups. Posted separate mail on that.
> > 
> > The issues with cups dependency are:
> > 
> > 1. One may not want printing support at all. Why build cups unnecessarily
> > then?
> 
> Because compared to the size of LibreOffice, CUPS is a non-issue and as
> such doesn't warrant the additional complexity?

Ok. What about choice of lpd vs cups?

What is the additional complexity anyway?

Mayuresh

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