It seems CUPS introduced a chicken and egg issue: If desktop toolkits use CUPS 1.6 APIs to get dynamic printers support they need CUPS 1.6 installed on end-users machines but CUPS 1.6 cannot be used on end-users machines until desktop toolkits use CUPS 1.6 APIs.
It seems one needs to do a "big jump" and upgrade both CUPS and the desktop toolkits at the same time. To prepare for such a "big jump" experienced users must test it in advance before usual end-users get it. To let users test it, I think we should have a new OBS project whereto CUPS 1.6 and other related packages can be submitted e.g. something like a "Printing:Playground" project to make the distinction obvious that "Printing" is meant for (relatively) stable stuff that can be used without expecting major issues in "real-world environments" (e.g. on SLE11) but in contrast "Printing:Playground" is meant for venturous testers who expect even unexpected issues. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1061069 Title: CUPS 1.6 has major incompatible changes. Do not use CUPS 1.6.1 on stable Ubuntu releases To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1061069/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
