Bug#704238: Need to document the CUPS client's new server-version option
On Sat, 2013 Jun 22 4:31+0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
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> At my lab, the admins tell us the hostname of the print server, and
> sometimes the print names, that's all.
Considering that "/version=1.1" is not supported on older CUPS clients,
admins [who know about the directive] could well be disinclined to tell
users about it.
> 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.
"Bad Request" is a catch-all error, however, and those tend not to lead
to documentation that most users will find easy to follow (cf. SIGSEGV).
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