Re: [Gimp-print-devel] Imprimante Epson

[Matt B. <wal...@ma...>]

> On Dec 9, 2019, at 12:00 PM, Solomon Peachy <pi...@sh...> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Dec 09, 2019 at 11:14:56AM -0600, Matt Broughton wrote:
>> As Steve mentioned, there is brew.  There are also macports.org and 
>> finkproject.org.  They have been around longer than brew.  They both 
>> support Catalina.  
> 
> I don't know if this has been considered in the past, but is packaging 
> gutenprint within brew or macports technically feasible?
> 
> (And if it is, might it be a better approach than a standalone installer?)
> 
> - Solomon

I think most Mac users would just abandon Gutenprint.  They shout, curse, and/or ask what the heck are they referring to?  In my opinion, it is a pretty heavy burden.  I'm not sure of my terminology, but I have referred to it as installing a whole subsystem but without kernel or GUI.  I have used both of them in the past for a particular purpose and then dumped them.  Personally, I don't think I would use macport.org or finkproject.com on an ongoing basis.  I would just buy cheap, throw away printers or use a linux install under virtual machine.   < /soapbox>

Matt