Xprint has been obsolete for some time now, and it's time to let it go to rest. It was originally useful as a solution for printing non-latin webpages from iceweasel 2, but that firefox problem has been fixed since iceweasel 3 was released using cairo.
Xprint provided a kind a "wysiwig" API by which you could print from an app using the normal X11 API. Maybe that should be "wypiwys" "what you program is what you see". Displaying "on paper" instead of "on screen", as it were. Today that kind of functionality is better programmed through cairo. I'm planning to schedule xprint for removal shortly but wanted to give this notification in case any odd individuals are still finding use for it. Though they should have already noticed the message in the version in squeeze that it was obsolete :) Actually I'm expecting more a response of indifferent cheers than cries of dismay... The xprint family of packages lined up for removal is: xprint xprint-common xprint-utils libxprintutil1 libxprintutil-dev libxprintapputil1 libxprintapputil-dev libxfontp1 libxfontp-dev libxfontp1-dbg While animosity has been directed towards the xprint package, leaving the other packages sitting quietly minding their own business, I don't think it really makes sense to keep shipping the libxprint libraries if there is no xprint. Please speak up if you think libxprint* or xprint-utils should stay anyway. libxp6 and libxp-dev are in a different position. I don't think it particularly makes sense to keep them either, same as libxprint*, but they have a bundle of reverse depends: libxp-dev: lesstif2-dev libcoin60-dev libecore-dev gromacs-dev libxp6: arb ddd dx fop grace gridengine-qmon lesstif-bin lesstif2 libdx4 libdx4 libecore-x1 libmotif-dev libmotif4 libxbae4 libxp-dev libxp6-dbg motif-clients mtink twpsk whitedune xastir xtel So I'll put libxp into the too-hard basket now and won't touch it. cc: iceweasel maintainers: please drop the iceweasel suggests on xprint now! cc: xcb maintainers: should you keep libxcb-xprint0 ? Do we need to talk about this? libxcb-xprint0 has no relation (in a packaging sense) to xprint. Cheers, Drew
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