Bug 829351

Summary:	media-print(?)/pappl packaging request
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Default Assignee for New Packages <maintainer-wanted>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	dschridde+gentoobugs, mscardovi, orzel, printing
Priority:	Normal	Keywords:	PullRequest
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://github.com/michaelrsweet/pappl
See Also:	https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/28524
Whiteboard:
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Description Andreas Sturmlechner gentoo-dev

2021-12-16 16:57:03 UTC

"PAPPL is a simple C-based framework/library for developing CUPS Printer Applications, which are the recommended replacement for printer drivers. It was specifically developed to support LPrint and a future Gutenprint Printer Application but is sufficiently general purpose to support any kind of printer or driver that can be used on desktops, servers, and in embedded environments.

PAPPL supports JPEG, PNG, PWG Raster, Apple Raster, and "raw" printing to printers connected via USB and network (AppSocket/JetDirect) connections. PAPPL provides an embedded IPP Everywhere™ service that provides access to printers locally or on your whole network.

"PAPPL is licensed under the Apache License Version 2.0 with an exception to allow linking against GPL2/LGPL2 software (like older versions of CUPS) ..."

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Maybe this is also the time to revisit switching to a new category instead of net-print...

See also: https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/message/0b23d38f3e76266caee9e4e2d5936c14

Comment 1 Marco Scardovi (scardracs) 2022-12-03 20:50:17 UTC

At the moment I've posted it under net-print/ but I think media-print/ would be a better place (or dev-print, as it is required to deal with drivers and create them for CUPS).