[Bug 2000411] [NEW] Request for removal: libppd and gpr (unmaintained for decades)

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libppd and gpr (both in Universe) have been unmaintained since 2002 (20
years ago) and are auxiliary packages for the LPD/LPR/LPRng print
spoolers. libppd is for supporting PostScript printers with PPD files
from their manufacturers under LPD/LPR/LPRng, gpr is a GUI/printer setup
tool for LPD/LPR/LPRng.

They should be removed because:

- Ubuntu uses CUPS as printing system since its birth in 2004
- libppd and gpr (and also LPD/LPR/LPRng) are only in Universe because they get synced from Debian, probably nobody of the Ubuntu developers ever touched these packages.
- Both libppd and gpr are unmaintained for many years
- gpr has a severe bug not being taken care of (according to Christoph Biedl, Debian maintainer of libppd)
- Every printer which works under Linux can be used with Ubuntu's CUPS printing stack
- The CUPS printing stack has much better integration with applications than LPD/LPR/LPRng

In addition and that is the most important, I have split cups-filters
into various components to separate its PPD file support:

https://openprinting.github.io/cups-filters-Second-Generation-First-
Beta-Release/

One of the components is a new libppd. This libppd I created completely
independently of the old legacy libppd. I was not aware that there was
already a libppd 20 years ago. Due to CUPS having gotten the standard
printing environment (https://openprinting.github.io/history/) this
library got completely forgotten ...

So I need the name "libppd" be freed for my current libppd.

** Affects: gpr (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: libppd (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Request for removal: libppd and gpr (unmaintained for decades)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2000411
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