On 5/22/21 9:58 PM, Björn Persson wrote: > > So what I'm hearing is that Fedora will soon stop working with my > printer, There isn't a specific date for removing the functionality, now we work on implementing printer applications for widely known and open sourced printer drivers. > because if there isn't enough manpower to even keep existing > printer drivers in place, The future removal isn't due lacking manpower, but due moving to standardized and less hardware dependent solutions - driverless standards such as IPP Everywhere. And those standards are supported by 98% devices released after 2010. > then who is going to write a bunch of pappls > for not-quite-brand-new printers? Openprinting community plans to write printer applications for some widely known printer drivers during Google Summer of Code in the future[1]. For others - we expect other communities which want those devices to work once drivers are removed from CUPS will step up and implement the missing parts. Openprinting created a printer application library [2] and documentation for them [3][4]. > > And if the bright and shiny future is that USB printers look just like > network printers, and network printers just show up without any > installation, then I'm starting to wonder how I will know whether I'm > sending my sensitive document to my USB printer or to some impostor on > a wifi network.
CUPS discovery is designed to run on secure, private LAN, so it is expected that you have a protection against somebody connecting to your WIFI. [1] https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/gsoc/google-summer-code-2021-openprinting-projects#converting_classic_cups_printer_drivers_into_printer_applications_multiple_students [2] https://github.com/michaelrsweet/pappl/ [3] https://openprinting.github.io/documentation/01-printer-application/ [4] https://openprinting.github.io/documentation/02-designing-printer-drivers/ > > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure -- Zdenek Dohnal Software Engineer Red Hat Czech - Brno TPB-C
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