On Tue, 2004-04-20 at 08:14, Jay Daniels wrote: > On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 06:10:50AM -0700, Keith wrote: > > I have a binary print server that requires LPRng, however > > the folks at KDE and/or Fedora Developing have made it so > > that CUPS is required to be installed to install KDE base. > > This policy is short sighted and this forcing the adoption > > of a print server system is anti-Open Source and choice. > > I hope that this policy by Fedora Development and/or KDE > > will stop now. > > The Fedora development team do not have to support LPRng > > but the way that they have forced CUPS down the throats of > > Fedora users is absolutely wrong. > > The cups page say cups is released under the GPL. > What the hell does that have to do with KDE RPMS requiring CUPS to install? > Cups has support for ipp and lpd builtin and provides security for > printing. > What the hell does that have to do with KDE RPMS requiring CUPS to install? > I don't understand your grips? > Of course you don't and that is why you are blathering in this response. > You have a binary print server that requires LPRng, you mean it won't > work with the standard cups LPD support? Sounds like the owner of the > binary print server is the one who should release his source code. > Why should they do that because KDE RPM Packages from Fedora require CUPS to be installed? > I like cups;) > So what? > > jay -- Best Regards, Keith NW Oregon Radio http://kilowatt-radio.org/ Pax melior est quam iustissimum bellum.
