Re: CUPS 2.3.3op1 from OpenPrinting
On Fri 27 Nov 2020 at 18:41:20 +0100, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote:
> Dear Printing Team,
>
> as you will certainly notice from today's upload to Debian unstable, I have
> pivoted CUPS' upstream repository away from Apple's to the OpenPrinting fork:
>
> https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/
>
> This fork is an effort by former Apple employee and long-term CUPS author
> Michael Sweet, under the OpenPrinting umbrella.
>
> As Debian maintainer, I was privileged enough to be in the loop for this
> effort, and have tried to push all the relevant patches carried by Debian over
> the years [0]. All of them got discussed, most got merged, also thanks to the
> untying of CUPS' developement from Apple. I have since used experimental as a
> test playground for all the patch suite refactoring process, and am now really
> happy to be able to push this 2.3.3op1 tagged version to unstable.
>
> Looking forward to seeing whether this exercise really made CUPS better!
>
> Best of regards,
> OdyX
>
> [0] https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3AOdyX
It is pleasing to see Debian being proactive in keeping the CUPS
packages in good shape. I have updated the wiki to reflect the mail
from OdyX.
https://wiki.debian.org/PrintingGlossaryandIndex#cups
https://wiki.debian.org/Printing
Regards,
Brian.
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