--- Guillaume Rousse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1) cupsd default configuration make it broadcast all > know printers on local > network. While potentially useful, i think this kind > of feature should be > only turned on explicitely by people knowing what > they do. So please make it > disabled in default configuration.
No!!! Let's not make MDK suck like other distros. It only opens it to the *local network*, it's not a problem. > 2) cupsd default configuration allow administration > with web interface from > localhost only, which makes > http://localhost:631/admin works. But as soon as > one link make your URL translated to > http://yourrealname:631/admin, it > doesn't work anymore Maybe slightly annoying, not hard to change though. Not a huge problem. This seems to conflict with your other desires though o_O > 3) installation of a new printer via web interface > doesn't provide the same > drivers as when using printerdrake. I guess that > printerdrake brings some > added-value with additional drivers, but maybe cups > could be patched to > provide the same list of drivers Till sent some instructions to the list on exactly how to do this. > 4) printerdrake triggers installation of many > packages: foomatic, > printer-utils, printer-filters, gimpprint and > libijs0. Are they really > necesseary if i just want to configure cups, which > only requires cups-common > libcups and printer-test ? Yeah, I *really* wish that'd be fixed. Only install the packages you actually need. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
