Re: dropping lpr-ppd from sarge
Hi Andrea,
On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 12:02:48PM +0100, A Mennucc wrote:
> 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
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,
--
Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer
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