tir, 07.12.2004 kl. 17.32 skrev Michael Favia: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hans de Goede wrote: > > | > | Well, > | > | AFAIK this one is easy, just keep a timestamp when the device was > | last seen and nuke it if it hasn't been used for a year. > > A simple solution like this makes sense to me. I just wanted to > clarify that we are only keeping the settings/preference files and not > the existence in the GUI for an entire year. If the device is plugged > back in the device becomes active in the UI again. Otherwise i would > have a lot of digital clutter on my desktop and in my printer folder > on my laptop. > What about making the printer stopped in cups, and then make sure programs actually don't print to it? (ie. changing something in the UI when printer is stopped) If the user really has thrown away the printer, let the *user* delete it from system-config-printer. It ain't that hard to find and figure out, most of those config tools are pretty good AND understandable.
