Per Olofsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Josselin Mouette wrote:
>> Package: tasksel
>> Version: 2.70
>> Severity: wishlist
>>
>> The hplip package, while being very useful in some situations, and
>> especially on a print server, doesn’t have its place on a desktop
>> machine. The driver part (hpijs) is useful for the desktop, but hpijs is
>> about administrating a remote printer, so this is only useful for the
>> administrator, and only for some printer models and configuration
>> schemes.
>>
>> Therefore, please remove hplip from the desktop task.
>
> Is this something that has changed recently? I have used hplip on my desktop
> in
> the past, and it has included I/O daemons and a toolbox program which has made
> it possible to turn on the printer automatically, check ink levels, clean the
> heads and other things. Looking at hplip's description, it also includes
> support
> for scanning and faxing from multifunction printers. All these things seem
> very
> relevant to the desktop if you ask me.
I'm not a user of it but I completely agree that it's an important
part of a Desktop environment.
> OTOH, I'm not that happy about having the I/O daemons started on standard
> installations.
I'm OK with that for a tasksel task since advanced users tend to
select packages byhand after a minimal installation.
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