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Bug#452348: marked as done (hplip: hplip.desktop file disappeared)

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and subject line Fwd: Re: HPLIP doesn't mention new user-in-scanner-group requirement, other issues
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Package: hplip
Version: 2.7.10-2
Severity: important

It's great to see the new version of hplip in the archive, but I have to 
report a few issues:

1) The old package's hplip.desktop file, which added a convenient 
KDE/GNOME menu entry, has disappeared. Please re-add it. I see that the 
file exists in the debian/ dir - you just need to install it, and 
remove the NotShowIn=KDE line. And install the matching icons, also in 
the debian/ dir.

2) The hp-toolbox and other features didn't work at all until I added my 
user to the scanner group. I wasn't informed of this new requirement. 
And why the scanner group? To be honest, I don't like this new 
requirement at all, but if group membership really must be required, 
I'd much rather it be something like "plugdev". Really, all use of the 
scanner group should go, and all external plugable devices should 
use "plugdev". But I'm ranting :) At least, though, document the change 
in a NEWS entry, and the README.Debian.

3) In CUPS, when adding a printer, I noticed that all HP printer choices 
were doubled - that is, they all appeared twice. It looks to me like 
CUPS looks in multiple directories, and was finding the same PPDs 
twice, because of hpijs-ppds' symlink in /usr/share/cups/model. I 
deleted that symlink, and the problem vanished.

4) hplip recommends openprinting.org-ppds, which is the Ubuntu package. 
Debian's equivalent is still called linuxprinting.org-ppds (unless you 
want to take over and rename the seemingly neglected foomatic packages 
as well...).

Again, thanks for the new package.

Cheers,
Christopher Martin

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Subject: Re: HPLIP doesn't mention new user-in-scanner-group requirement, 
other issues
Date: Friday 23 November 2007
From: Christopher Martin <chrsmrtn@debian.org>
To: Mark Purcell <msp@debian.org>

On November 22, 2007 18:40:38 Mark Purcell wrote:
> On Thursday 22 November 2007, Christopher Martin wrote:
> > On November 22, 2007 07:43:12 Josselin Mouette wrote:
> > > If you install such a desktop file, I recommend that you add a
> > > "NotShowIn=KDE;GNOME" stanza so that it doesn't show up by
> > > default. It can then be enabled on a per-user basis simply by
> > > editing the menu.
> >
> > ..if, of course, the user ever realizes that the software (meaning
> > the toolbox and associated features) exists.
>
> I must admit I'm with Christopher on this one, if the package is
> installed it's icon should be included in the menu.  Asking a user of
> a GUI to edit a txt file before they see the icons sounds like
> crazyness..
>
> That said the .desktop files have actually been moved into a
> hplip-gui package, so if you want the icons you can install the
> hplip-gui package and if you don't want the icons then you can just
> install the hplip package.
>
> So Christopher, installing hplip-gui may solve your icon issue.
>
> Joss, if hplip is deemed worthy of the default installation, then why
> wouldn't a user want the icons shown?
>
> Mark

Aha! And I see that hplip-gui is Recommended, so that problem's solved.

Thanks,
Christopher Martin

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