Bug#460228: tasksel: please remove hplip from the desktop task
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
> > task is to let Debian work out-of-the-box as a desktop in scenarios where
> > installing extra packages is inconvenient. Clearly Debian is a /better/
> > proposition where bandwidth is readily available (or you have a full CD set
> > on hand), but I think for things like hardware enablement we should strive
> > to work out-of-the-box without any need to grab additional packages the
> > first time the printer is plugged in.
> But even without hplip, you get at least basic support for these HP printers.
> The question is whether the extra features provided by hplip is enough to
> warrant its inclusion in the standard desktop.
Last I knew, the USB devices didn't like being shared between multiple
processes. The hplip daemon is necessary in order to broker access to the
scanner and printer functionality in an orderly fashion.
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