Bug#814930: jessie-pu: package hplip/3.15.11+repack0-1

[Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>]

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On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 12:15:56 -0500, Stefano Rivera wrote:

> Package: release.debian.org
> Severity: normal
> Tags: jessie
> User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
> Usertags: pu
> 
> I asked the printing people how they felt about an backport of hplip,
> and OdyX suggested [0]:
> 
> > As far as I remember (but could never take the time to actively
> > check), the Debian Stable Managers were open to update packages in
> > Stable for hardware support (and "new HP Printer" would qualify). I
> > haven't checked the hplip code to see whether a full new upstream
> > release would make sense over backporting specific parts though.
> 
> > tl;dr: I'd check with the SRMs first.
> 
> How would you feel about a wholesale backport of hplip, to stable?
> 
> No debdiff attached, because it's scary huge. Not even a diffstat,
> because:
> 
> > 4362 files changed, 1703256 insertions(+), 17230 deletions(-)
> 
> [0]: https://lists.debian.org/3588455.xzKu8qgoUi@odyx.org
> 
How much do the changes affect existing code paths for already-supported
printers?

Cheers,
Julien