[2040] in athena10
Re: cups.mit.edu and a4 (Re: [Debathena] #131: dvips uses a4 paper)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan Reed)
Fri Apr 3 21:11:40 2009
Cc: Debathena Trac <debathena@mit.edu>, jhawk@mit.edu, broder@mit.edu,
geofft@mit.edu
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From: Jonathan Reed <jdreed@MIT.EDU>
To: Anders Kaseorg <andersk@mit.edu>
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Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 21:11:10 -0400
> After all, even if you get your way and we wind up with
> debathena-tex-config installed on every last computer in North
> America,
This is not about me getting my way, it's about what will and will not
screw over users and what will and will not make things difficult for
support. If the printers asking for A4 paper truly only happens for
CUPS.MIT.EDU, and we fix that, then I don't really care what package
this goes in (modulo the fact that it should go in the new -
workstation if it's going in -cluster).
> there is nothing to stop a student from downloading a PostScript or
> PDF
> document from Europe, printing it to an Athena printer, and forgetting
> about it.
True. It also doesn't prevent international students coming here with
their laptops configured to print to A4. But both of these happen
infrequently, and I'd like to keep it that way.
-Jon
