Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: ubuntu-desktop
When setting up Ubuntu desktop systems in a corporate/institutional
setting that happens to have a central CUPS server and networked
printing infrastructure, it is desirable not to have cupsd (and all its
associated weight) installed on the desktops, and instead configure
cups-client (via /etc/cups/client.conf) to talk directly to the central
server.
Why? Ease of administration. The CUPS server is a fairly complex piece
of software in its own right, and having one instance of it in a
centrally-managed location is complicated enough without having
basically the same piece of software running on every desktop. (This was
made especially clear to me when I investigated how one sets the default
print queue. There are potentially THREE places where this can be done:
(1) on the client, in /etc/cups/lpoptions; (2) on the local CUPS server,
via "lpadmin -d"; (3) on the central CUPS server. #1 and #3 are
reasonable; #2 is just a headache waiting to happen.)
Please downgrade "cups" to a recommendation of the -desktop package, so
that the latter can be installed (and retained) sans CUPS server.
** Affects: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Downgrade "cups" to Recommends:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/302272
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