From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EDF15158086 for ; Fri, 17 Dec 2021 13:01:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 628BD2BC05A; Fri, 17 Dec 2021 13:01:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:2001:470:ea4a:1:5054:ff:fec7:86e4]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 42CEA2BC030 for ; Fri, 17 Dec 2021 13:01:12 +0000 (UTC) From: Andreas Sturmlechner To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Printer drivers and net-print Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2021 14:00:48 +0100 Message-ID: <25230153.1r3eYUQgxm@tuxbrain> In-Reply-To: <2225532.dXl5vgaOU9@pinacolada> References: <2225532.dXl5vgaOU9@pinacolada> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2158016.vFx2qVVIhK"; micalg="pgp-sha512"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 61d3004a-8573-4f32-8331-23c9f73cfb69 X-Archives-Hash: 108ce9305b8ba06645285374296708fc --nextPart2158016.vFx2qVVIhK Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; protected-headers="v1" From: Andreas Sturmlechner To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Printer drivers and net-print Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2021 14:00:48 +0100 Message-ID: <25230153.1r3eYUQgxm@tuxbrain> In-Reply-To: <2225532.dXl5vgaOU9@pinacolada> References: <2225532.dXl5vgaOU9@pinacolada> 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 --nextPart2158016.vFx2qVVIhK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQGTBAABCgB9FiEEexlipVqzuLtTjHMOREsPlv/SLMsFAmG8igBfFIAAAAAALgAo aXNzdWVyLWZwckBub3RhdGlvbnMub3BlbnBncC5maWZ0aGhvcnNlbWFuLm5ldDdC MTk2MkE1NUFCM0I4QkI1MzhDNzMwRTQ0NEIwRjk2RkZEMjJDQ0IACgkQREsPlv/S LMsWFAf+ID+yuR203ZZfXcr0pMIgQTyGTTMQOHk/my8v4NUXnYYkReEno1v7ilTM 9stLyp2vJ2VBLmWQJM87hR90yXR7tx5gdEtgd1CZoQNZxX5Wm4ZWlRcKrvYG3vDe LcdULt/EgKtRWf2ulauMiBcCyBwzra7ZTxUdyuCsfwgQL8dFmIyBlK2vYPRbp2kU yUYzsBv7RC3vF6TQ8iS9TLtQpiS00MTfOXZf8p3Ccu90eGmFRCla+MjQkm3xVcS1 lWw8hE1dB0j+tHEeIqYEfh10HJSYjvQd02k1DKNN2NJrpf9l5Q1rX2Ucwx5ZRp6J EKAoesscEmuViV6uNoIyse5YmT487w== =B4Bl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2158016.vFx2qVVIhK--