On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 10:13:08PM +0100, Per Olofsson wrote:
> > Well, first of all, I understand that discover-data doesn't actually do any
> > of this extra package installation yet. Second, where the drivers and
> > backends are concerned, the point to installing it by default in the desktop
>
Steve Langasek wrote:
>> Just look at a default etch installation. Two big HP icons, even when
>> you don’t have a pinch of HP hardware. And of course, they start
>> applications that you have no idea what they can do.
>
> Sorry, but I've done a default etch installation and have never seen these.
On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 02:54:46AM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> On ven, 2008-01-11 at 11:59 -0800, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > Er, hplip is *primarily* useful on desktops. The printers that benefit most
> > from this daemon are the multifunction ones; wandering between your print
> > server and
On ven, 2008-01-11 at 11:59 -0800, Steve Langasek wrote:
> Er, hplip is *primarily* useful on desktops. The printers that benefit most
> from this daemon are the multifunction ones; wandering between your print
> server and your desktop to scan documents doesn't sound like a very good
> workflow t
On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 01:14:13PM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> 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 administratin
Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> What’s next? Install all Epson, Canon, Xerox and Ricoh specific tools?
> Other operating systems don’t install HP tools if you don’t have a HP
> printer, and that’s the way to go. Would it be possible to install the
> package only if such a printer is
Le vendredi 11 janvier 2008 à 15:13 +0100, Per Olofsson a écrit :
> 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 level
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 (
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
> ab
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
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