[Pkg-hpijs-devel] Bug#452348: HPLIP doesn't mention new user-in-scanner-group requirement, other issues
Christopher Martin
chrsmrtn at debian.org
Thu Nov 22 04:34:08 UTC 2007
Package: hplip
Version: 2.7.10-2
Severity: important
It's great to see the new version of hplip in the archive, but I have to
report a few issues:
1) The old package's hplip.desktop file, which added a convenient
KDE/GNOME menu entry, has disappeared. Please re-add it. I see that the
file exists in the debian/ dir - you just need to install it, and
remove the NotShowIn=KDE line. And install the matching icons, also in
the debian/ dir.
2) The hp-toolbox and other features didn't work at all until I added my
user to the scanner group. I wasn't informed of this new requirement.
And why the scanner group? To be honest, I don't like this new
requirement at all, but if group membership really must be required,
I'd much rather it be something like "plugdev". Really, all use of the
scanner group should go, and all external plugable devices should
use "plugdev". But I'm ranting :) At least, though, document the change
in a NEWS entry, and the README.Debian.
3) In CUPS, when adding a printer, I noticed that all HP printer choices
were doubled - that is, they all appeared twice. It looks to me like
CUPS looks in multiple directories, and was finding the same PPDs
twice, because of hpijs-ppds' symlink in /usr/share/cups/model. I
deleted that symlink, and the problem vanished.
4) hplip recommends openprinting.org-ppds, which is the Ubuntu package.
Debian's equivalent is still called linuxprinting.org-ppds (unless you
want to take over and rename the seemingly neglected foomatic packages
as well...).
Again, thanks for the new package.
Cheers,
Christopher Martin
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