Re: [Gimp-print-devel] 2025 Gutenprint breaks drivers because it doesn't support old format

[Solomon P. <pi...@sh...>]

On Tue, Sep 30, 2025 at 07:44:06AM +0000, biker95 via Gimp-print-devel wrote:
> You did something in 2025 that made my EPSON driver or whatever incompatible. I remember trying to figure it out, and I think the problem was that you switched from the ppd3 format to 4 or whatever. or from 4 to 5.
> I mean, YOU should know what you did to break stuff.
> Anyway, what is the reason you can't or won't support older versions? Can I somehow help you? 
> Right now, my solution to this is downgrading gutenprint every time I want to print something, which is, frankly annoying.

To quote Gutenprint's license:

 BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY
 FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.  EXCEPT WHEN
 OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES
 PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED
 OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
 MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  THE ENTIRE RISK AS
 TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU.  SHOULD THE
 PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING,
 REPAIR OR CORRECTION.

> Yes, I could try to fix the problem maybe (my epson driver is only 
> available in that specific ppd format), but shouldn't not breaking 
> stuff be your job? I dunno...

Yes, you "could try to fix the problem maybe"

Meanwhile, it's not my, or anyone else's job, to care about entitled 
assholes who ask for help by swinging punches. They get to solve their 
own problems.

 - Solomon
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