CUPS Cloud Print is a Google Cloud Print driver for UNIX-like operating
systems. It allows any application which prints via CUPS to print to
Google Cloud Print directly.
For printing from ChromeOS or Android to CUPS printers, please see
print/cloud-print-connector instead.
WWW: https://www.niftiestsoftware.com/cups-cloud-print/
===> The following configuration options are available for cups-cloud-print-20160502_1:
DOCS=on: Build and/or install documentation
===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Remove expired ports:
2021-02-28 audio/beatslash-lv2: Unmaintained and doesn't build with the latest
audio/lvtk version 2.x
2021-02-28 multimedia/kodi-addon-vfs.libarchive-devel: Depends on deprecated
multimedia/kodi-devel
2021-02-28 multimedia/kodi-addon-peripheral.joystick-devel: Depends on
deprecated multimedia/kodi-devel
2021-02-28 multimedia/kodi-devel: Deprecated. Please use multimedia/kodi
instead.
2021-02-28 multimedia/kodi-addon-inputstream.adaptive-devel: Depends on
deprecated multimedia/kodi-devel
2021-02-28 print/cloud-print-connector: Google Cloud Print has been shut down by
Google as of December 31, 2020
2021-02-28 dns/knot2: Use knot3, it is functionally compatible with 2.9.x
2021-02-28 print/cups-cloud-print: Google Cloud Print has been shut down by
Google as of December 31, 2020
2021-02-28 www/helma: Upstream is basically dead and recommends ringojs.org
print/cups-cloud-print: Deprecate since Google Cloud Print is EoL
Official statement from Google:
"Google Cloud Print, Google's cloud-based printing solution will no longer
be supported as of December 31, 2020. Beginning January 1, 2021, devices
across all operating systems will not be able to print using Cloud Print.
We recommend that you find an alternative print solution with your
respective platform's printing infrastructure."
Cross-reference cloud-print-connector and cups-cloud-print
This would've saved me some time recently, I'm sure others can also benefit.
Approved by: swills
Combine print/cups-base, print/cups-client and print/cups-image into
print/cups and update it to 2.1.3. Also remove print/cups-pstoraster,
improve print/cups-filters, print/foomatic-* and update print/hplip to
3.16.2.
Long description:
First some background. When you hand a file to cups it sets up a chain of
filter programs that converts the file to something a printer understands.
Each filter has a cost associated with it and cups tries to find the
cheapest chain. Costs used to be configured in such a way that files were
first converted to PostScript. This could then be manipulated further (e.g.
putting multiple pages on one sheet) before finally being sent to a
PostScript printer or another filter like pstoraster which produces a raster
format understood by non-PostScript printer drivers. Nowadays most filters
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New port:
CUPS Cloud Print is a Google Cloud Print driver for UNIX-like operating
systems. It allows any application which prints via CUPS to print to Google
Cloud Print directly.