Re: gs in sid very outdated

[Peter S Galbraith <GalbraithP@dfo-mpo.gc.ca>]

"Keith G. Murphy" wrote:

> > I think it's only missing gimp-print.
> 
> Well gs' stp driver was developed conjointly (is that a word?) with
> gimp-print, so that explains it, I guess.
> 
> I thought gimp-print was only a plug-in for gimp, but the its drivers
> were developed to be usable by gs as well.  Is that wrong, or were you
> just shorthanding?

I too was confused by it's short description "print plugin for the GIMP"
but the long description says:

 This is Gimp-Print version 4.1.7, a development release in the 4.1
 line.  Gimp-print is the print facility for the Gimp, and in addition
 a suite of drivers that may be used with common UNIX spooling systems
 using GhostScript or CUPS.  These drivers provide printing quality for
 UNIX/Linux on a par with proprietary vendor-supplied drivers in many
 cases, and can be used for many of the most demanding printing tasks.
 .
 This package includes the print plugin for the GIMP.

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Printing is now so very complicated.  I went from lprng+magicfilter+gs 
to cupsys and now I find lpr-ppd+printfilters-ppd.  Who knows
what to use anymore.

I'm _very_ confused.

Peter