From: Robert K. <rl...@al...> - 2012-10-31 12:28:37
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On Wed, 31 Oct 2012 06:52:27 -0400, Michael Sweet wrote: >> >> If the blacklist is not hardcoded in the backend but read by the backend >> from a config file like /etc/cups/usb.conf (compare /etc/cups/snmp.conf >> see http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/doc-1.6/ref-snmp-conf.html) >> it would be much easier for Linux distributors to keep the blacklist >> up to date and for business customers who usually do not upgrade >> their software their system admins can keep their blacklist manually >> up to date according to their particular needs, see my last comment at >> http://www.cups.org/str.php?L4128 > > This would be a good approach, although those same customers that > don't want to upgrade their software would likely also not want to > upgrade their printer drivers, either... They might buy a newer printer that needs a newer driver package, but not want to upgrade their whole system. -- Robert Krawitz <rl...@al...> MIT VI-3 1987 - Congratulations MIT Engineers men's hoops Final Four! Tall Clubs International -- http://www.tall.org/ or 1-888-IM-TALL-2 Member of the League for Programming Freedom -- http://ProgFree.org Project lead for Gutenprint -- http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net "Linux doesn't dictate how I work, I dictate how Linux works." --Eric Crampton |