Downgrade "cups" to Recommends:
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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edubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Low
|
Unassigned | ||
mythbuntu-meta (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Unassigned | ||
xubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: ubuntu-desktop
When setting up Ubuntu desktop systems in a corporate/
Why? Ease of administration. The CUPS server is a fairly complex piece of software in its own right, and having one instance of it in a centrally-managed location is complicated enough without having basically the same piece of software running on every desktop. (This was made especially clear to me when I investigated how one sets the default print queue. There are potentially THREE places where this can be done: (1) on the client, in /etc/cups/
Please downgrade "cups" to a recommendation of the -desktop package, so that the latter can be installed (and retained) sans CUPS server.
Related branches
Changed in xubuntu-meta (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
Changed in xubuntu-meta (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → Fix Committed |
Changed in xubuntu-meta (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Changed in mythbuntu-meta (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
tags: | added: oneiric |
Changed in kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Changed in ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Changed in edubuntu-meta (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work, I'm going to mark it as confirmed for Xubuntu and let them handle it from here. Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better!