Hi Jeff, thanks for your feedback. On Fri, Aug 23, 2002 at 01:16:58AM -0500, Jeff Licquia wrote: > I'm flattered, but I don't think that this is correct. The current > standard print system for Debian is still good ol' lpr, and people > wanting to declare a relationship with a print system should probably > reference that package, rather than cupsys-bsd or lprng. (Unless they > need an explicit dependency, of course, but I don't think that's the > case here; most people who need to depend on CUPS client capability > depend on libcupsys2.) This will ensure that lprng fans aren't asked to > remove their beloved print spooler in favor of some ungodliness. :-) I added the Suggests as an attempt to help people who are using CUPS already, together with this text in the README: If you are using CUPS and install the cupsys-bsd package, OpenOffice.org will automatically detect your printer queues. It is really just a hint because many people don't realise that installing cupsys-bsd is an easier way to use printers with OOo. OOo also works with CUPS directly, but you have to add the printer queues manually with the 'spadmin' tool. lpr/lprng installs work out of the box AFAIK, so I didn't do anything special or mention them in the Suggests. I haven't heard of any lpr or lprng users interpreting my Suggests as a call to replace the print system. > CUPS people don't need to fear this; cupsys-bsd Provides lpr, so all > will be well. What if I changed it to Suggests: cupsys-bsd | lpr? I know it not strictly necessary to include cupsys-bsd, but many users of OOo+CUPS have not realised that OOo printing is so much easier if it is installed and I would like to continue to convey the hint to those people. Chris
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