[lsb-discuss] Printing for 3.2

Fujinaka, Todd todd.fujinaka at intel.com
Fri Jul 14 09:53:59 PDT 2006


>From: Ian Murdock [mailto:imurdock at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Ian Murdock
>
>Fujinaka, Todd wrote:
>> I've been asked to discuss Till's suggestions for printing in LSB
3.2.
>> In summary, I don't think there's anything ready at the moment. I'm
>> posting this to make sure my assumptions are correct.
>
>The only requirement for inclusion in LSB 3.2 is that it be shipping in
>the current generation of the major distros, which practically speaking
>means will be available in a Service Pack or Update to RHEL 5, SLES 10,
>etc. In that sense, it's entirely possible the printer driver directory
>layout is a candidate, as my understanding is that it's been designed
to
>be a minimally invasive as possible (i.e., it could be layer atop
>whatever the distro currently uses, rather than requiring wholesale
>changes, which are clearly inappropriate for a Service Pack release).

Just for quick clarification on the printer driver directory standard:
it's not finished, the first round of suggestions violate the FHS, and
standard moves things around in /usr to places that haven't been used to
this point.

Todd




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