Re: [gentoo-dev] Printer drivers and net-print

[Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@gentoo.org>]

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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)


I agree net-print should not remain after such a move.


[1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/829351

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