Bug#489765: libgtk2.0-0: does not allow lpr printing through Iceweasel 3

[Josselin Mouette]

Le lundi 07 juillet 2008 à 21:31 +0200, Jan Willem Stumpel a écrit :
> > Does setting:
> > 
> > gtk-print-backends = "file,lpr,cups"
> > 
> > In ~/.gtkrc-2.0 solve things for you?
> 
> Well, yes, it did! Thanks very much!
> 
> But having to do this (while it was not necessary before) is a
> surprise to the users -- therefore a bug. Some program should do
> this automatically in its install procedure -- or prompt the user
> to accept this. But which program? Iceweasel3? Or libgtk2.0-0?

Well, users should not be using lprng unless they know what they are
doing. The default is to use CUPS which has been the recommended print
server for years. If we enable the lpr backend by default, it will lead
to a misleading UI for users of CUPS, so we choose to not enable it.

Cheers,
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