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dropping lpr-ppd from sarge
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| A Mennucc 2005-03-16, 8:02 am |
| hi
I am the mantainer of 'lpr-ppd'
'lpr-ppd' is a daemon similar to 'lpr' ;
it was developed as part of project GNULPR
(see http://lpr.sf.net )
unfortunately, after the dot-com crisis ,
the project died
I have been keeping alive other packages from
GNULPR , which I use ; I am not wishing to keep
alive 'lpr-ppd' for these reasons :
- there are valid alternatives: all other GNULPR
tools work fine when the daemon is 'lprng' or 'lpr'
- 'lpr-ppd' is a daemon : there may be security issues
with it in the future, and I am not a security expert
- popularity contest shows that it is used by a scarce
number of users
- for those users, the change from 'lpr-ppd' to 'lprng'
or 'lpr' is a breeze
a.
ps: please CC me when replying
--
Andrea Mennucc
"Ukn ow,Ifina llyfixe dmysp acebar.ohwh atthef"
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| Steve Langasek 2005-03-20, 7:47 am |
| Hi Andrea,
On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 12:02:48PM +0100, A Mennucc wrote:
> I am the mantainer of 'lpr-ppd'=20
> 'lpr-ppd' is a daemon similar to 'lpr' ;
> it was developed as part of project GNULPR
> (see http://lpr.sf.net )
> unfortunately, after the dot-com crisis ,=20
> the project died
> I have been keeping alive other packages from
> GNULPR , which I use ; I am not wishing to keep
> alive 'lpr-ppd' for these reasons :
> - there are valid alternatives: all other GNULPR
> tools work fine when the daemon is 'lprng' or 'lpr'
> - 'lpr-ppd' is a daemon : there may be security issues=20
> with it in the future, and I am not a security expert
> - popularity contest shows that it is used by a scarce
> number of users
> - for those users, the change from 'lpr-ppd' to 'lprng'=20
> or 'lpr' is a breeze=20
There doesn't really seem to have been a question here. Are you looking for
opinions about dropping lpr-ppd, or asking for someone on this list to act
to remove lpr-ppd from testing? To get this package removed from the
archive, you will need to file a bug against ftp.debian.org.
Cheers,
--=20
Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer
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