Bug#337845: ijsgutenprint: Package description is not useful
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7nrmi1s02@sneakemail.com writes:
> Roger Leigh rleigh-at-whinlatter.ukfsn.org |bugs-debian| wrote:
>> Thomas Prokosch <7nrmi1s02@sneakemail.com> writes:
>>>I just found this package and have asked myself what it does.
>>>I do have Gutenprint installed and running, I have Ghostscript
>>>in use, so what is the package about?
>>
>> The description could be improved. I'll fix this for the next upload.
>
> Thanks. I appreciate that.
[...]
I've updated the description with the latest upload
(4.3.99+cvs20051122.dfsg.1-1). This is the new description:
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| Description: inkjet server - Ghostscript driver for Gutenprint
| This package contains the ijsgutenprint binary which provides
| Ghostscript with a Gutenprint driver, including all printers
| supported by Gutenprint. ijsgutenprint is an IJS server (driver),
| which communicates with Ghostscript (an IJS client) using the IJS
| (InkJet Server) communications protocol. IJS is a method for
| separating ghostscript drivers from ghostscript, to allow
| ghostscript to be more extensible.
| .
| If you wish to print using Ghostscript and the Gutenprint drivers,
| install this package. This is typical for LPRng setups. If you
| are using CUPS, cupsys-driver-gutenprint is a better choice, but
| this package will still work with the appropriate foomatic setup
| if you wish to make use of foomatic.
| .
| This is Gutenprint version 5.0.0-rc2, a beta release
| in the 5.0 series.
| .
| Gutenprint is the print facility for the GIMP, and in addition a
| suite of drivers that may be used with common UNIX spooling systems
| using GhostScript or CUPS. These drivers provide printing quality
| for UNIX/Linux on a par with proprietary vendor-supplied drivers in
| many cases, and can be used for many of the most demanding printing
| tasks. Gutenprint was formerly known as Gimp-Print.
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If you feel this could still use some improvement, I'll be happy to
take any more suggestions!
> The only interesting package seems to be foomatic-db-gutenprint, which I
> don't use but leads me to the conclusion that ijsgutenprint and
> cupsys-driver-gimpprint are functionally equivalent.
Yes. cupsys-driver-gimpprint would be used with CUPS (cupsys),
whereas ijsgutenprint would be useful with e.g. apsfilter and/or
LPRng.
> As a sidenote, I have installed and read gutenprint-doc and
> libgutenprint-doc before filing this bug report. Unfortunately
> Gutenprint documentation is a little bit thin as far as the Gutenprint
> architecture is concerned.
This is unfortunately true--they are still awaiting an update for the
5.0 release, and are somewhat dated. In addition, I've had to remove
the user's guide due to it being GFDL-licensed (DFSG-incompatible).
Regards,
Roger
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