Re: dbus-deamon avoiding reboot after upgrade
On Fri 16 Aug 2019 at 09:51:15 +0300, Reco wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 08:47:34PM +0100, Brian wrote:
> > On Thu 15 Aug 2019 at 21:05:10 +0200, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 07:41:06PM +0100, Brian wrote:
> > >
> > > > I wouldn't try to dissuade anyone from using last century's
> > > > technology
> > > > if they have their heart set on it [...]
> > >
> > > C'mon. You /know/ you're talking nonsense. Old is old, and new is
> > > new.
> > > Beyond that...
> > >
> > > BTW I still use TeX, so... 1980s. Works a charm, too.
> >
> > The technology I am referring to (as I think you very well know) is
> > the printing system. No more, no less.
>
> Which is last century by itself.
>
>
> > Nowadays that system often relies on printer/print queue Bonjour
> > broadcasts.
>
> And that is called "jumping to conclusions".
> Printing itself haven't changed a bit for last 15 years - a print server
> takes user's PS or PDF, mangles it to fit printer's representation (be
> it PCL or something else), and feeds it to the printer. By utilizing
> unicasts of course.
> A user can discover a print server via mDNS multicasts (*not*
> broadcasts). Or a user can be told a location of such print server.
>
> avahi is useful for discovery of CUPS, and that's about it.
Printer discovery is an important aspect of a modern printing system.
If a user or institution can get by without it, fine. If not, dbus is
required.
--
Brian.
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