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

[Gordon Ross]

Feel free to use this "skeleton" if it helps.
  https://bitbucket.org/gwr/os-net-skeleton

I've used it for things like this with some success, i.e.
  https://bitbucket.org/gwr/sgml2roff

Gordon





On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Garrett D'Amore <
developer at lists.illumos.org> wrote:

> 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. :-)
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> 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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