Bug#320158: [Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#320158: cupsys: /etc/cups/cups.conf is rewritten by KDE and Gnome print managers - and it's a config file

[Kenshi Muto <kmuto@debian.org>]

severity 320158 wishlist
tags 320158 + wontfix
thanks

At Wed, 27 Jul 2005 12:43:58 +0100,
Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> Package: cupsys
> Version: 1.1.23-10
> Severity: normal
> 
> on upgrade of cupsys, you get asked questions about "diff y/n" to a
> config file - cups.conf - that is RADICALLY altered by KDE and Gnome's
> print managing programs, e.g. you can add browsing with the KDE print
> manager, change admin and security settings etc.

It's a quite different issue KDE/GNOME tool modifies config file
radically or we should drop cupsd.conf from config list.

I'm planning to split configuration of CUPS to some files (static and
dynamic), but this needs a negotiation with other developers of such
as KDE, GNOME.

About dropping cupsd.conf from config list, I say "no". Because not
all of us use KDE/GNOME printing utility, and it's strong Debian
policy we must keep a configuration until user chooses 'purge' clearly.

Thanks,
-- 
Kenshi Muto
kmuto@debian.org