On Sat, Jul 10, 2004 at 10:47:08AM +0100, Dale Amon wrote: >On Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 06:38:49PM -0500, Brad Sims wrote: >> If you want postscript back; simply grab the source deb and roll your own; >> just edit rules under the debian folder. Delete the '--with-xprint' and >> '--disable-postscript' lines and do 'dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot'. However >> I did give the debs a version number of 99 to keep apt from updating them >> until there is a new mozilla version from upstream. > >I'd like a black and white clarification of the impact >of the change so I know for certain whether to be >incredibly pissed off at the packager or not: > > "If I were to dselect today, would I still > be able to print to file a website page > as ps?" [Y/N]
Yes. Printing PS to a file is still possible. What is removed is the ability to have Mozilla/Firefox execute an external command (e.g. lpr) in order to print. >I do this as a matter of course, every single day >to archive data important to projects I work on. I >don't have time to rebuild mozilla myself all the time, >so if the answer to this is that I cannot... I have >four choices in descending order of desirability: > > * find someone else with a repository that > overrides it. > > * freeze forever / manually update selected > packages. > > * abandon Debian mozilla > > * abandon Debian > >If it is true that someone out there is playing with >things important to my means of making a living, I do >not appreciate it in the least. > >-- >------------------------------------------------------ > Dale Amon [EMAIL PROTECTED] +44-7802-188325 > International linux systems consultancy > Hardware & software system design, security > and networking, systems programming and Admin > "Have Laptop, Will Travel" >------------------------------------------------------ > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://magnus.therning.org/ The real problem we face with the web is not understanding the anomalies, it's facing how deeply weird the ordinary is. -- David Weinberger
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