[kde4 printing] Could pycups help with "kcm*print*" stuff?

[Kurt Pfeifle]

Leo Savernik wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 20. September 2007 schrieb Kurt Pfeifle:
>> I'm not sure if pycups can be re-used for any KDE4-based replacement/modi-
>> fication of the kcm*printers code -- but at least someone with a clue
>> about coding should have a long look at it (as well as a look at the
>> "system-config-printer" tool itself, which seems to be available on
>> Ubuntu and Debian as well.
> 
> I think we shouldn't make core components of KDE depend on external scripting 
> languages (with external being anything != kjs). 

The world around us keeps changing...   :-)

You may still be right on this question, but sometimes what once was
right becomes wrong, and what was wrong becomes right.

> And printing support 
> (including configuration) looks very core to me.

But only because it needs to occupy a port below the magical "1024" number
limit...

That's one example for s.th. that "once was right". If you ask me, I'd ad-
vocate to add support for a "user space print system", because I had use
cases for that in the past.

But that's an entirely different topic for discussion...

> 
> mfg
> 	Leo


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