Extension of PPU rights for printing and scanning: cpdb-libs, cpdb-backend-cups, cpdb-backend-file

[Lukasz Zemczak]

No objections from my side. +1

On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 at 13:18, Sebastien Bacher <seb128 at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> Hey there,
>
> The request makes sense to me. Those packages are maintained upstream by
> OpenPrinting and Till is actively contributing to the vcs. He also
> worked on updating those packages in Ubuntu in Lunar and is working with
> the Debian Printing team as a co-maintainer to get them updated also there.
>
> I'm going to let a few days for other DMB members to comment and will
> then add them to Till's packageset if there is no objection.
>
> Cheers,
> Sébastien Bacher
>
> Le 26/05/2023 à 13:04, Till Kamppeter a écrit :
> > Hi,
> >
> > for those who only recently joined the DMB. I am leading the
> > OpenPrinting project [1] [2] and for Ubuntu I have PPU rights for all
> > printing- and scanning-related packages in Main and I am also MOTU.
> >
> > With the introduction of the New Architecture for printing and
> > scanning [3] into Ubuntu some re-structuring is happening in the
> > printing stack in Ubuntu, which creates some new packages in Main.
> >
> > After libppd (thanks for the approval) I need now PPU rights for the
> > packages
> >
> > - cpdb-libs
> > - cpdb-backend-cups
> > - cpdb-backend-file
> >
> > Their MIRs got approved and the packages promoted an hour ago.
> >
> > The packages implement the Common Print Dialog Backends [4] concept,
> > where print dialogs of GUI applications do not talk directly to CUPS
> > any more but communicate with print technologies like CUPS,
> > cloud-printing services, or print-to-file by D-Bus with
> > GUI-independent backends and the backends are developed and maintained
> > by the same people who develop and maintain the print technology
> > itself, OpenPrinting for the CUPS backend for example. This makes the
> > print dialogs immediately working with changes, like now the New
> > Architecture of CUPS and also allows providers of cloud printing
> > services to make printing to their service available in all apps, as
> > easy as printing to a local printers.
> >
> > This way the print dialogs can easily cope with the New Architecture
> > of printing.
> >
> > Therefore I would like to ask you whether you could grant me PPU
> > rights for these three source packages.
> >
> > If any additional information is needed, please tell me.
> >
> >    Till
> >
> >
> > [1] https://openprinting.github.io/about-us/
> > [2] https://openprinting.github.io/news/
> > [3]
> > https://openprinting.github.io/current/#the-new-architecture-for-printing-and-scanning
> > [4]
> > https://openprinting.github.io/achievements/#common-print-dialog-backends
> >
>
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