Bug#460228: tasksel: please remove hplip from the desktop task

[Per Olofsson <pelle@dsv.su.se>]

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.

OTOH, I'm not that happy about having the I/O daemons started on standard
installations.

-- 
Pelle