Bug#397440: hplip recommends linuxprinting.org-ppds, why?
On Tue, 07 Nov 2006, Fabian Greffrath wrote:
> I've seen that hplip recommends both hpijs-ppds and
> linuxprinting.org-ppds.
Yes.
> Why does it do so?
Because postscript PPDs are in linuxprinting.org-ppds, and
non-postscript-PPDs are in hpijs-ppds.
We could recommend either one instead of both, but that doesn't gain you
anything (you are still free to install either, both or none) while maiking
it easier for someone to not get the PPD they need.
> Does it work with other ppds at all?
Yes, if it is for a printer in the hplip XML database, AND none of the
things hplip needs to do depends on hpijs bidir channels.
> "If you have non-PostScript printers, the foomatic-filters-ppds and
> hplip-ppds packages are the ones you need; this package won't be of much
> help to you."
It is outdated. hplip-ppds is no more...
> Unfortunately, this sound rather useless to me. Consider that this
It is not useless for anyone with a postscript printer, like all high-end
printers.
> package takes 18.4MB when it gets installed automatically by e.g.
> aptitude (which installs 'recommends' additional to 'depends' by
> default).
Just purge (or tell aptitude to not install) the packages you don't want.
hplip will not work without a proper PPD, so a recommends is required. OTOH,
it is a recommends because an user that knows better can purge the ppd
packages (or not install them) if he is sure he doesn't need them for one
reason or another.
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