Bug#676472: cups: please suggest a compatible inet server (for lpd support)
> As of 2017, I tend to think that lpd support should disappear for Buster. Iff
> we'd want to keep it, having cups-bsd get a
> Suggests: inetutils-inetd | inet-superserver, update-inetd
> _could_ make sense.
>
> I'm not going to investigate more than that; so if someone wants that in
> 2017's CUPS, please answer to this bug by saying so and confirming the above
> strategy makes sense.
>
Thanks for revisiting this old bug.
We definitely have a use-case for lpd support, so
please count my reply as being in favour of your strategy.
Kind regards
Vince
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