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

[Till Kamppeter]

Thank you very much.

    Till

On 06/06/2023 17:20, Sebastien Bacher wrote:
> Hey Till,
> 
> The DMB members agreed that your request makes sense, the package have 
> been added to your acl set now (for mantic since the packages were in 
> universe for previous series for which you already have upload rights)
> 
> $ ./edit-acl -S mantic -p till-kamppeter -s cpdb-libs add
> Added:
> Archive Upload Rights for till-kamppeter: archive 'primary', source 
> package 'cpdb-libs'
> 
>   ./edit-acl -S mantic -p till-kamppeter -s cpdb-backend-cups add
> Added:
> Archive Upload Rights for till-kamppeter: archive 'primary', source 
> package 'cpdb-backend-cups'
> 
> $ ./edit-acl -S mantic -p till-kamppeter -s cpdb-backend-file add
> Added:
> Archive Upload Rights for till-kamppeter: archive 'primary', source 
> package 'cpdb-backend-file'
> 
> Chees,
> Sébastien
> 
> 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
>>