On Thu, 2003-04-03 at 13:06, Sean Middleditch wrote: > On Thu, 2003-04-03 at 12:07, Ali Akcaagac wrote: > > On Thursday 03 April 2003 17:13, Sean Middleditch wrote: > > > > Yes, this is definately true. This also doesn't change the fact that on Linux > > systems I pretty much think that CUPS is better and easier to administrate > > than LprNG + Apsfilter and imo a good direction as printing solution. If > > there are other solutions for commercial other *nix'es then fine. > > CUPS then has to actually be in use on the majority of Free OS's then > for it to be The GNOME Printing System. RedHat used LPRng by default > until RH9, Slackware(iirc) just switched to lprng from an older system, > etc. RH has had CUPS as the default system since at least 8.0...and possibly 7.3. Mandrake has had CUPS as the default for quite a while now and MacOS X (I know, not a free OS, but Darwin is) uses CUPS as the default at least since 10.2. I don't know about any of the *BSDs. > > Still doesn't change the fact that GNOME just shouldn't care what > underlying print spooler is used - if necessary, just use > components/plugins for specialized features in a generic, neutral > interface. Then I can mix-and-match spool systems based on actual > needs, not an artificial spooler popularity contest. ^,^ > > > > > > a) Just becuase *you* use CUPS doesn't mean the vast majority of ... > > > b) CUPS is only really popular on Linux/BSD systems. Commercial ... > > > c) Everything CUPS can do from an application's point of view can ... > > > d) The only advantage standardizing has is to help make a ... > > > > _______________________________________________ > > desktop-devel-list mailing list > > desktop-devel-list gnome org > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list > > _______________________________________________ > desktop-devel-list mailing list > desktop-devel-list gnome org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list -- Jason A. Pfeil pfeil 10East com Senior Open Systems Engineer http://www.10East.com 10East, Inc. (904)220-DOCS
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