Re: [Gnome-print] Re: [Gimp-print-devel] An introduction to gnome-print(fwd)

[Lauris Kaplinski <lauris ariman ee>]

On Thu, 1 Jun 2000, Robert L Krawitz wrote:

>    From: Miguel de Icaza <miguel@helixcode.com>
>    Date: 31 May 2000 20:47:39 -0400
> 
>    I think you guys keep trying to tell me something that I already know:
>    I am arguing for having native printer drivers, and your solution is
>    always convoluted and failing to miss the point.
> 
> And we're telling you why native print drivers at the application
> level WILL NOT SCALE!  It doesn't matter how otherwise good your
> solution is, if there's a fatal flaw in it.

Nobody forbids implementing simple, thin drivers for every backend
available. Just cannot see, where is the problem?

Lauris