[cups.general] Is http://www.linuxprinting.org/beh.html still useful with cups 1.2.X?

[Till Kamppeter]

Michael Sweet wrote:
> Till Kamppeter wrote:
> 
>> Partially, if you only wanto to set immediate disabling of the queue,
>> infinite repeating of the job with 30-second intervals or ignoring the
>> problem and discarding the job, you are fine with CUPS 1.2.
>>
>> If you want to have more configurability, beh still makes sense. Extra
>> functionality:
>>
>> - Modify repetition interval
>> - Do a finite number of retries, after that discard the job or disable
>>   the queue
> 
> 
> Actually, CUPS doesn't retry indefinitely - it uses the JobRetryLimit
> value (default 5, formerly called FaxRetryLimit in CUPS 1.1.x) for
> queues using the retry-job policy.  The interval is 5 minutes but can
> be changed using the JobRetryInterval directive (formerly called
> FaxRetryInterval).  The job is canceled after the retry limit is
> exceeded.
> 

Then I must update my previous posting:

Partially, if you only want to set immediate disabling of the queue,
5 (or N) times repeating of the job with 5-minute (or configurable)
intervals and then discarding the job, or ignoring the problem and
immediately discarding the job, you are fine with CUPS 1.2.

If you want to have more configurability, beh still makes sense. Extra
functionality:

 - Infinite retries
 - Do a finite number of retries, after that disable the queue
 - Retry interval and number of retries can be configured per printer

Feature request for CUPS 1.2.x/1.3:

 - Infinite retries
 - Disable the queue after the give retries are done without success
 - Retry interval and number of retries can be configured per printer
 - All this configurable in the web interface

   Till