Bug#379378: "poster" commandline utility and KDEPrint/kprinter's GUI frontend

[Peter S Galbraith <psg@debian.org>]

Kurt Pfeifle <k1pfeifle@gmx.net> wrote:

> Peter,
> 
> I wonder if you can recall any details that led you to the statement "it
> was very buggy" when you said
> 
>     I had updated the poster package to use the KDE version for
>     some time, but it was very buggy
> 
> Maybe you have some archive or access to more detailed user complaints
> that led you to that conclusion?

Sure.  There were a few serious bugs in 2005 at a time when I couldn't
find "poster" at the KDE links, and presumed that KDE were no longer
maintaining it.  

Here are the bugs:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=339038
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=255718
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=361088
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=321299

Sorry that the last two were not closed in the debian changelog.  That
would have made it easier.

If a Debian maintainter involved in packaging KDEprint wants to take
over poster, I would be more than happy to hand over the package.  I
don't use it anymore.

Thanks,
-- 
Peter S. Galbraith, Debian Developer          <psg@debian.org>
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