Re: Update package printer-driver-brlaser
Hello Alexey,
Debian already has brlaser in version 6; only in its sid/unstable version. It has already migrated to Debian Bullseye (current testing, future stable), but Debian doesn't normally push new upstream versions to Debian stable. Unless there's a specific reason (such as a crash, a serious bug, etc) to backport parts of the version 6 to stable, it won't happen.
What are you specifically looking for in version 6 that might be missing from version 4 ? Under certain conditions, it could make sense for Debian to provide a backport, but I try to avoid ulpoading backports "just because". Also, most recent network printers work (often much better) with Driverless printing; https://wiki.debian.org/CUPSDriverlessPrinting, making these Manufacturer-specific drivers obsolete.
Best regards,
OdyX
6 décembre 2020 13:24 "Alexey K" <feudenfer@gmail.com> a écrit:
> Hello guys,
>
> I’m writing to ask if it could be possible to update the package printer-driver-brlaser
> (https://packages.debian.org/buster/printer-driver-brlaser) ?
> It’s built on top of 2 years old software (https://github.com/pdewacht/brlaser/releases/tag/v4),
> since then the author has added a lot of more features (now it supports 3 times more printers) and
> now this set of drivers has reached the version number 6!
> Thank you!
>
> Alex
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