On Fri, 17 Dec 2021 14:00:48 +0100 Andreas Sturmlechner wrote: > On Montag, 20. Februar 2017 22:47:17 CET Andreas K. Huettel wrote: > > Hey all, > > > > 1) Putting printer drivers into "net-print" is silly. > > > > Something that converts format a to device-specific format b has absolutely > > nothing to do with network. > > So, a new category "sys-print", emphasizing that it's hardware drivers, (or > > "cups-drv"?) (or maybe "media-print"?) might make sense. > > > > 2) After introducing that, however, "net-print" becomes nearly empty. > > > > On a quick glance, the only *network*-specific packages in there are cups > > and lprng. Maybe one or two more which I dont recognize. > > > > So move cups and lprng to "net-misc" and drop "net-print"? > > Or move them to new "sys-print" as well? > > > > What do you think? > > > > Cheers, > > Andreas > > I would like to resume this discussion on the occasion of a new [shameless > plug] package PAPPL that is to be packaged, see also [1], from the point > before discussion went off on an X-Y categories tangent. > > Here's a list of suggestions made for a new category so far, ordered from > (seemingly) best- to least-liked: > > media-print > sys-print > app-print(ing)
IMHO sys-print is the best variant, since printing often requires system privileges to set it up or change lots of settings. Best regards, Andrew Savchenko
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