[Info-vax] Encrypted TCP/IP network printserver spooled printing for OpenVMS (secure-IPP?)

Arne Vajhøj arne at vajhoej.dk
Thu May 3 21:17:01 EDT 2018


On 5/3/2018 8:34 PM, seasoned_geek wrote:
> The fact the community may have beaten them into submission about
> putting the stuff back, something I actually doubt but don't care
> enough to look into, every OpenSource project I look at seems to
> include lots of source files in their tree which came from a
> different project. I think there are 3 versions of GNU strutils for
> every OpenSource project on the planet and none of them are the same.
> At any rate, just because you found some source in the project tree
> doesn't mean it is being maintained or developed by the project.
> Without warning, just in front of 12.04 LTS, Apple pulled support and
> maintenance. So what if there is something which is now back in.
> Apple isn't doing it.
Actually Apple is doing it.

The source code Mark posted is the same as whats is Apple's
GitHub CUPS repo.

And all changes to that file since October 2007 has been done
by one Michael R Sweet, which works for Apple.

Arne

PS: He is also secretary of IPP WG.





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