[Printing-architecture] resend notes from last week

[Till Kamppeter]

Wendy Phillips wrote:
> Apparently, this didn't go out to the alias; could be that I fumbled
> it on the keyboard. So here tis again ...
> 
> I have purposely not included the follow-on discussions about fhs standard;
> this is a summary of the meeting as it occurred.
> 
> -Wendy
> 
> 1. Installation path for ppd files
> 
>          /usr/share/ppd/<supplier>/<manufacturer>/
> 
> 2. PPD file naming convention
> 
>          <MFGString>-<MDLString>-<driver>-<language>.ppd
> 
> 3. Installation path for print drivers
> 
>          /usr/lib/printdrivers/<supplier>
> 
>          The contents of this directory are entirely determine
>          by the supplier. The path to a driver is found by using
>          an absolute path in the ppd file.
> 

Paths in /usr to accomodate 3rd-party software do not comply the FHS
standard. Therefore alternative paths were suggested in other threads.
But note that CUPS violates FHS, too, as CUPS requires drivers in
/usr/lib/cups/filter.

> 4. It was agreed that install scripts be written in Bourne Shell
> without any extensions.
> 

OK.

Is there a compliance test program to check whether one has no bashisms
in the scripts?

> 5.  We decided to eliminate /usr/lib/printdrivers/bin
> 

OK, with absolute paths in the PPDs this is not needed.

   Till