[lsb-discuss] Printing for 3.2

Ian Murdock imurdock at imurdock.com
Fri Jul 14 10:43:25 PDT 2006


Fujinaka, Todd wrote:
>> 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.

Right. Fortunately, we have a year before LSB 3.2 ships (which, 
incidentally, isn't finished either ;-P). -ian

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