Neither cups nor cups-pdf depend on foomatic-filters, run-time or otherwise. The enabled by default use flag in 1.5.0-r3 is a mistake. The flag should probably be totally removed, but at the very least it should not be enabled by default. bug #384793 is related Reproducible: Always
I second this vote.
Yes, this flag should be removed, as it introduces a circular dependency.
The circular dependency was a bug and has been removed. Apart from that, the default-on useflag is going to stay, to provide a sane default installation. (who needs more attention- newbies who install gentoo for the first time, or power users who set up their own filters and know how to switch off a use flag?)
(In reply to comment #3) > Apart from that, the default-on useflag is going to stay, to provide a sane > default installation. Hmm... as it is not a dependency for either cups or cups-pdf (a different package) how can you remotely claim it is sane to default it to on? I have used cups (and cups-pdf) for years both at home and in corporate environments without ever needing foomatic-filters. Noobs, even more so than power users, don't need extra garbage on their system. Since when did Gentoo become the new bloated distro for beginners? Apparently I've missed the sea change in philosophy.
