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Submitted-by: peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva)

In article <1hqj9sINN9mu@ftp.UU.NET> std-unix@uunet.uu.net writes:
> Forging ahead in areas where they feel they can make
> consensus based progress, POSIX.7 is now split into two documents
> called POSIX.7a (print queue administration) and POSIX.7b (software
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> administration).

Isn't this a rather narrow subject for a POSIX standard... not to mention
being pretty much covered by two completely irreconcilable models (BSD
and System V).

You're going to have to dump BSD spooling, dump System V spooling, or
dump both and create something out of whole cloth. If it's the latter,
why not create a generalised batch queueing and scheduling system that
just happens to include printing?

I assume 7b is where all the interesting stuff is going to be.
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