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Re: [LUG] apt-getting apps from newer repos?

 

On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:39:03 +0000
Grant Sewell <dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > Wrong way round - Gtk includes print capabilities (via gtksourceview
> > and other text-oriented widgets and the entire print-preview widget set
> > that is a core piece of gtk).
> >   
> Isn't that a bit extreme though? 

Of course it is. However, even a PDA could theoretically connect to a
network printer over wifi or bluetooth. It probably makes more sense to
send just some meta-data, PDF or PostScript though and do away with the
cups libraries. It's a complex issue and will involve considerable
reworking of the libraries upstream, so don't expect anything in gtk2 -
maybe not until later in gtk3.

> I thought the idea was to 
> compartmentalize these things for more streamlined dependency management.

Whatever gave you that idea? ;-)

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