[cups] Is client.conf really deprecated on all platforms?

Michael Sweet msweet at apple.com
Mon Nov 2 07:50:44 PST 2015


Andreas,

> On Nov 1, 2015, at 5:28 AM, Andreas Radke <a.radke at arcor.de> wrote:
> 
> Am Fri, 30 Oct 2015 13:01:15 -0400
> schrieb Michael Sweet <msweet at apple.com>:
> 
>> 
>> The local cupsd can coordinate with the OS to keep the system (and
>> network stack) up long enough to send the job remotely.  The local
>> cupsd can also handle conversions of application supplied print data
>> into a printable form.  And the application won't block for as long -
>> local domain sockets are several orders of magnitude faster than
>> network sockets.
> 
> From what I know all major Linux distribution ship separate cups client
> packages using a client.conf file and do not rely on a running local
> cupsd server. Should this be changed?

That's a choice for the Linux distros, but it has never been a configuration we've supported with our build system or sample packaging files, nor is it a recommended configuration because of all of the problems I've stated previously.

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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair




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