OT: printer support [was: Re: Should I add this Repo?]

[charlie derr]

Mario Vukelic wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-10-28 at 15:40 -0400, charlie derr wrote:
<snip lots of great info>
> 
> Plus, this broken package installation advice prevents the package from
> being installed easily and nicely by simply doubleclicking it, as it
> should. Installation-on-doubleclick has been demanded for years, along
> with being touted by some folks as a requirement to match what is
> perceived as the ease of use of Windows. Why break this without good
> reason?
> 
> It is of a minor concern to me that such an installation method is
> defended on a support list and the providers of said broken method
> celebrated as having "the greatest Linux support", but I don't find it
> particularly helpful, either (as probably was apparent :)
> 
>> Even should we accept that as a possibility, I'm not sure how anyone
>> could possibly blame Leonard.
> 
> Nobody did. I understood Derek to mean "if you cannot conceive how an
> option that is marked as dangerous could be dangerous, then you should
> not execute it". This is sound advice, AFAICT
> 
> 



Mario,
	Thanks very much for the clarification.   You've definitely helped me to understand.

		~c