[cups.bugs] [MOD] STR #3772: Do not abolish the /usr/lib/cups/driver/XXX driver program (PPD generator) concept in 1.5.x

Till Kamppeter till.kamppeter at gmail.com
Wed Jan 12 06:10:00 PST 2011


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Note also that Linux distributions come with very many PPDs:

till at till:~/ubuntu/splix$ lpinfo -m | wc -l
11298
till at till:~/ubuntu/splix$ 

The high amount is due to the fact that distributions try to support all
pieces of hardware for which a free software driver exists out-of-the-box.

The big number shows that many manufacturers have put their PPDs under
free licenses, but it shows also that there will be not much space for
applications on a Linux live CD if the PPDs are only individually gzipped.

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