On Sun, 14 Jun 2015 15:59:17 +0200 Didier Kryn <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Here comes the remark of Katolaz: "so what?". > > What happens then? Does the webprinting service crash? Or does > it hang until Cups is ready? Is it able to detect that it is hanging? > The last would probably be the most sensible way to handle the > dependency :-) A professional webprinting service should be able to > do that. And this is what Cups itself does when a printer is paused. > > Didier I know what Katolaz meant though. At what point does the cost of error free operation exceed the cost of recognizing an error and fixing it? That's a legitimate question. There are times when I deliberately fail to protect from a theoretical crash, postponing such protection until I see if the crash ever happens. Of course, I'm not operating a computer that operates a nuclear power plant or an Xray machine. SteveT Steve Litt June 2015 featured book: The Key to Everyday Excellence http://www.troubleshooters.com/key _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
