[oi-dev] [developer] 2837 - remove print/lp* from gate and use CUPS from userland

[Garrett D'Amore]

I will probably set up a seperate repo for this. I'd like it to be buildable following the same pattern and tools as illumos itself in order to minimize pain for distro builders.  This would be the pattern that could be used when ejecting other bits as well.  Like the dhcp server. :-)

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> On May 6, 2014, at 7:43 AM, Peter Tribble <peter.tribble at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> What part of the lp stack actually uses apache? I suspect it's only
> ipp, mod_ipp specifically, and that the rest of the lp stack
> has no dependency at all. I would be perfectly happy to see
> all the ipp stuff ripped out (I've never used it, and my understanding
> is that CUPS provides a much better implementation anyway)
> especially if it allows us to eradicate apache-13. However., I'm not
> sure that this extends to the rest of the legacy lp stack.
> 
> The argument that legacy stuff could simply be dropped off to one
> side in a legacy repo would be far stronger if we actually had
> such a repo in place. I regard creating that infrastructure as a
> necessary prerequisite to any significant pruning of the codebase.
> 
> (Although I'm not sure it needs a full-blown repo. Tarballs of the
> source that's ripped out, placed in a well-known location, ought
> to be adequate.)
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 3:07 PM, Garrett D'Amore <developer at lists.illumos.org> wrote:
>> I'd love to see it go.  But I will wait for others to complain first.
>> 
>> One idea would be to eject it from the gate and put it into a new repo where it could also be updated if people still want it.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> > On May 6, 2014, at 12:48 AM, "Alexander Pyhalov" <developer at lists.illumos.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hello.
>> >
>> > When I tried to rebuild apache 1.3 again I found out that mod_ssl doesn't like OpenSSL 1.0.
>> > Of course, I could look at it and try update it, but does someone really use apache 1.3?
>> > Now it's only used as illumos-gate build dependency.
>> >
>> > Last time the question of removing print/lp* from the gate was rejected partially because cups didn't provide trusted printing support.
>> > Our (OI /hipster) version of cups has TX patches. However, I haven't checked that it works.
>> > As I understand, most distributions have already stripped this code. Isn't it a good time to reconsider the question - either update dependency to apache 2 or remove it?
>> > --
>> > Best regards,
>> > Alexander Pyhalov,
>> > system administrator of Computer Center of Southern Federal University
>> >
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