On Sun 04 Mar 2018 at 15:44:12 +0100, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: > Le dimanche, 4 mars 2018, 13.54:27 h CET Jonas Smedegaard a écrit : > > Is PolicyKit _required_ for _all_ uses of hplip? > > Good question. I'll admit I was put off my the (exhausting) 'systemd' > argument, and hadn't checked what exactly was done with PolicyKit. > > My reading is that PolicyKit is used to grant privilege to run `hp-plugin` > for > plugin download, thereby avoiding the need for sudo. > > So no, definitely not _required_. > > > Otherwise I believe hplip should only recommend policykit: The purpose > > of "Recommends" is to permit "exotic" uses, which I believe this is - > > unless hplip *cannot* work *at* *all* wothout PolicyKit in place. > > We don't agree on what constitutes "exotic" use of hplip. Oh well… I suspect > a > Recommends is good enough. I'll upload that demotion later today. Just don't > expect that demotion to withhold too many "I can't run hp-plugin" bugs. :)
Most users install recommended packages. Those that don't (like me) have to face the consequences. Moving to something else brought up in this report: is it really necessary for the hpps filter to be in hplip? Could it not be put in printer-driver-postscript-hp as is done for the filter hpcups in printer-driver-hpcups. (And - if you are in an energetic mood :) there is #890930 too). Regards, Brian.
