Bug#337845: ijsgutenprint: Package description is not useful

[Roger Leigh <rleigh@whinlatter.ukfsn.org>]

Thomas Prokosch <7nrmi1s02@sneakemail.com> writes:

> The package description says:
>   This package contains the ijsgutenprint binary which provides
>   Ghostscript with a Gutenprint driver, including all printers
>   supported by Gutenprint.
>
> 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.

ijsgutenprint is an IJS server (driver), which communicates with
Ghostscript (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.

The lack of a good description is basically because ijsgutenprint is
not something an end user should use directly; tools like apsfilter
should take care of the setup for you.  Or (better) use CUPS with
cupsys-driver-gutenprint.


Regards,
Roger

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