Bug#704238: Need to document the CUPS client's new server-version option
On 2013-06-21 15:44:07 -0400, Michael Sweet wrote:
> Presumably the admins telling them (or configuring their system) to
> use the server will instruct them accordingly. Or perhaps run server
> software newer than 4 years old?
At my lab, the admins tell us the hostname of the print server, and
sometimes the print names, that's all.
> Getting a Bad Request in lpstat/lpq and retrying with a 1.1 request
> to display an error telling the user to fix their configuration
> (!?!?) isn't particularly useful IMHO, and is more likely going to
> have users asking why the f**k we don't just do a 1.1 request in the
> first place.
Getting a "Bad Request" is much better than an "unknown destination".
But still, the user may wonder what's going on. Perhaps point to
documentation telling what to do in case of such an error.
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