[cups] Why are we letting Apple Break printing in Linux?

[Yvan Masson]

Hi,

The CUPS version that is packaged in most Linux distributions (as in 
Debian) comes from OpenPrinting, not Apple, see:
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/Apple-No-More-CUPS
- https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/

Regards,
Yvan

Le 11/10/2023 à 20:29, Mark Dm a écrit :
> This has to stop.
> 
> I recently installed a newer version of CUPS (2.3.3op2) along with a Linux
> Install (Debian Bullseye 11). only to find that none of the extra features
> like Android Printing , Windows automatic driver download and install do
> not seem to work any longer.
> 
> Apple no longer claims to use CUPS so it is now only a part of Linux? So we
> leave the fox to guard the hen house?
> 
> I question the CUPS relationship with Apple and where it has brought us to
> 
> Maybe it is time to look to some other printing solutions in Linux. There
> is no benefit whatsoever in Apple having ultimate control in CUPS
> especially if it is no long a part of their own OS.
> 
> Mark de Leon Martinez
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