[Printing-architecture] [lsb-discuss] resend notes from lastweek

[Fujinaka, Todd]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: lsb-discuss-bounces at lists.freestandards.org [mailto:lsb-discuss-
>bounces at lists.freestandards.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Yeoh
>
>At 2006/7/25 15:06+0200  Till Kamppeter writes:
>> Wichmann, Mats D wrote:
>> > it's possible we could conceive a less scattered scheme for
>> > printer drivers - I'm envisioning something like reserving
>> > /opt/printing with LANANA, then providing a way to manage
>> > that namespace so it can be shared, perhaps through a second
>> > registry.
>> >
>>
>> This means that if LANANA registers /opt/printing we can agree on
only
>> the pair
>>
>> /opt/printing/ppd/<supplier>/<manufacturer>/
>> /opt/printing/drivers/<supplier>/
>>
>> as the only PPD/driver directories?
>
>So am I correct in assuming that the files if shipped as part
>of a distribution normally go into:
>
>/usr/share/ppd
>/usr/lib/drivers
>
>If there is distro agreement here, we should get this put into the FHS
>as well.
>
>I'm not convinced that we need to add /opt/printing
>
>The /opt/<vendor> technique should still work, and for convenience
>symlinks can be created in /opt/share/ppd and /opt/lib/drivers to the
>actual files. If you use LANANA, strictly speaking you could just
>install straight into /opt/share and /opt/lib because you know there
>won't be any clashes, but I'd still strongly recommend using symlinks
>instead as it keeps the design simpler and consistent.

The argument for /opt/printing is a compromise. OpenPrinting wanted to
put everything in /usr/share and /usr/lib, and I told them that 3rd
party vendors who add things after the distro should NOT be using /usr
(at least that was my understanding).

However, OpenPrinting wants a standard directory for PPDs and drivers,
so they can tell a 3rd-party vendor that there is one place to look for
those things. I pointed out that they couldn't touch /usr, and they
needed /opt/<vendor> and then suggested /opt/printing/<vendor> when the
first was thought to be too scattered.

I had not been able to find an FHS person or active mailing-list to
bounce these ideas off of and that's another reason that some of these
suggestions are a bit off.

Todd