Request for testing: GTK for bullseye with improved CUPS printing support
I have been looking into two GTK merge requests [!6] and [!9], trying to
figure out which one is the better candidate for a bullseye stable update.
[!6]: https://salsa.debian.org/gnome-team/gtk3/-/merge_requests/6
[!9]: https://salsa.debian.org/gnome-team/gtk3/-/merge_requests/9
This is an attempt to resolve https://bugs.debian.org/982925, and maybe
other printing-related issues. Not all GTK programs necessarily use the
unmodified GTK printing dialog, but the gedit package seems to be a good
test-case.
At the moment, I am leaning towards the more complete !6 being a better
candidate for a stable update, even though it is technically a feature
enhancement, which we don't usually do in stable. Please could people who
have printers try the release candidate from here, and confirm whether it
works as expected?
https://people.debian.org/~smcv/bullseye-gtk-printing/mr6/
https://salsa.debian.org/gnome-team/gtk3/-/commits/wip/bullseye-mr6
The _binary.changes and .dsc files are signed with my key in the Debian
keyring, and can be verified with the dscverify tool from the devscripts
package (this requires devscripts and debian-archive-keyring installed).
If the release team will not accept !6, then the fallback option is !9:
https://people.debian.org/~smcv/bullseye-gtk-printing/mr9/
https://salsa.debian.org/gnome-team/gtk3/-/commits/wip/bullseye-mr9
Please send test results to #982925. There are a lot of moving parts here,
so when reporting test results, please answer these questions:
* Which versions of cups-daemon and cups-filters-core-drivers are installed?
* What printers are physically present on your network?
* Have you configured a printer queue in CUPS manually, or are you relying
on auto-detection?
* Is cups-browsed installed? If yes, which version?
* What printer names appear in the GTK print dialog?
(If they contain MAC addresses or serial numbers, you can censor them
as XXXXXX)
* For each printer name that appears:
* Does it appear in /etc/cups/printers.conf?
* Does printing to it work?
* If not, what failure mode do you see?
(Nothing happens / printer prints wrong results / other)
Please note that I do not claim to be any sort of expert on printing.
Anyone who thinks they can do a better job is welcome to take over
any time.
Thanks,
smcv
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