Bug#910882: cups-browsed: The default for UseCUPSGeneratePPDs should be "Yes"

[Brian Potkin <claremont102@gmail.com>]

found 910882 1.21.4-4
thanks



On Mon 26 Nov 2018 at 20:12:38 +0000, Brian Potkin wrote:

> notfound 910882 1.21.4-4
> thanks
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri 12 Oct 2018 at 17:56:40 +0100, Brian Potkin wrote:
> 
> {Snip]
> 
> > Unlike a print queue, the queue for an IPP printer is temporary and
> > disappears within a minute from the 'lpstat -a' output and from a GTK
> > dialog (but not from Qt and Libreoffice dialogs). Very confusing for
> > a user, I would have thought. CreateIPPPrinterQueues is not sufficient
> > for a permanent queue to be created.
> > 
> > The temporary nature of a printer queue is not documented and neither
> > is the solution, setting UseCUPSGeneratedPPDs to "No".
> 
> On cups-browsed 1.21.4-4 an IPP printer is now displayed permanently in
> the 'lpstat -a' output. Looks good and exactly what we want. I would
> normally close a bug like this, except
> 
> 1. Looking at changelog.gz, I haven't a clue what caused the change in
>    behaviour.
> 
> 2. #909423 (which I will post about later) has now changed its character.
> 
> Perhaps waiting to see whether this holds up wouldn't be a bad idea,

It did not hold up and is not observed on another couple of unstable
installations or (after some purging and reinstallation) on the initial
installation used. The first post describing the issue still stands.

Regards,

Brian.