Interesting .....

[Collins Richey]

On 7/24/07, Jerry McBride <mcbrides9 at comcast.net> wrote:
> On Tuesday 24 July 2007 05:45:14 pm Lonni J Friedman wrote:
> > On 7/24/07, Jerry McBride <mcbrides9 at comcast.net> wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 24 July 2007 08:41:35 am Ben Duncan wrote:
> > > > Was reviewing some printing issues, when I came across a little tidbit
> > > > of information.
> > > >
> > > > Seems APPLE bought out the CUPS (Yup, the printing software vendor)
> > > > back in February.
> > > >
> > > > How interesting ...
> > >
> > > Not to burst your bubble... but this is old news. For what it's worth,
> > > cups sucks... Where ever possible I use lprng. I've had so many odd
> > > problems with cups that it's a pain to maintain and so lprng gets
> > > installed.

> >
> > For a second there , i though you were Collins.  I'm not sure what
> > problems you've had with CUPS (since you were rather vague), but I've
> > never had a single issue.  I've used it on many systems, and its
> > always just plain worked.  I don't' think i've touched lprNG in at
> > least 4 years.  Which distro is still shipping lprNG?
>
> They try to stick it in Gentoo... but since it's a "have it your own way"
> distribution, it's one of the first changes I make. As for other
> distributions, I just wine like hell till I get my own way.
>
>
> As for "never had a single issue" with cups, you're either luck or know what
> you are doing. Over here, cups will just drop out of sight and require
> physical attention to get it back... Here of late, I've no time for that
> madness and so lprng is doing the workload.
>
> I gotta' ask... what was wrong with lprng that cups fixed? Answer, nothing.
> The lprng server/client just works and that is what linux is all about.
>

Just to emphasize Collins' viewpoint:

1. CUPS, when it's working, is great.
2. I haven't used LPRNG in years.
3. Lonni has been extremely lucky if he never encountered problems.
4. Over the past few years (Gentoo, miscellaneous, and now
Debian/Ubuntu), at least once per year, CUPS has been broken over
several dot releases. Eventually they get it right, and all is
goodness again.
5. IMO, CUPS has the poorest internal testing of any open source
product I've encountered. They release unimaginable schlock. Even
plain vanilla HP Laserjets stop working.
6. The latest version on Ubuntu Gutsy is surprisingly error free. For
the very first time, I was able to add my Epson CX4200 via gui with no
problems. Maybe they've turned over a new leaf.

-- 
Collins Richey
     If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries
     of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.