On 10/30/2014 08:29 AM, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote:
> Hi Michal, and thanks for your bugreport,
> 
> I think I understand the problem you're having, let's see.
> 
> Le mercredi, 22 octobre 2014, 13.12:51 Michal Hocko a écrit :
>> (..)
>> Of course I had
>> BrowseAllow all
>>
>> present and that caused all remote printers being disallowed by
>> default.
> 
> Are you saying that all "BrowseAllow" stanzas _but_ "BrowseAllow all" 
> should have been taken over by cups-browsed?
> 
>> Maybe postinstall script can ask whether such an option should be
>> added if those options cannot be ignored by default.
> 
> We try to avoid doing explicit prompts unless really _really_ important, 
> we're not in such a case here…
> 
> Till: What would you think of the above proposal? It kinda-makes sense 
> for me: in CUPS < 1.5 meaning, "BrowseAllow all" meant "accept packets 
> from anywhere", but in cups-browsed meaning, this is completely 
> discarded, and the same meaning is achieved without any 'BrowseAllow' 
> stanza. I'd welcome your input there.
> 

The "Browse..." directive implementation was done by Tim Waugh as part
of the legacy CUPS broadcasting/browsing support. I do not know the
exact details, especially not of combinations of various lines. I only
know that all clients are allowed if no line is given.

Tim, can you help here? Thanks,

   Till

P. S.: Tim, please use "Reply all" so that your answer gets tracked with
the Debian bug report.


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