Bug#337845: ijsgutenprint: Package description is not useful
Roger Leigh rleigh-at-whinlatter.ukfsn.org |bugs-debian| wrote:
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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
I agonized over the bug report I filed for some time and concluded that
ijsgutenprint is only useful for non-CUPS setups. This was the fact I
was missing when I filed the bug report, it's good to see it in the
package description.
| 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!
No, it's perfect the way it is. Thanks for the rewording.
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).
What a pity. I hope it can get relicensed. Until then I have to browse
the mailing lists and read the source I guess.
Thanks again,
Thomas
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