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

[Udo Grabowski (IMK)]

On 06/05/2014 17:19, Reginald Beardsley wrote:
> I'd be *really* annoyed if command line printing went away.
 > I don't care if it's lpd or lpr, but I work mostly in text
 > mode using a stack of xterms, one per work project.   So
 > having to start up a GUI window to print  could easily get
 > annoying.  I use a2ps to format stuff to feed to lp.
> ....

These commands will not be purged, they are provided by
the CUPS package instead (see the file listing for print/cups)
in the package manager).

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