[Pkg-hpijs-devel] Bug#452348: Bug#452348: HPLIP doesn't mention new user-in-scanner-group requirement, other issues

[Mark Purcell]

On Saturday 24 November 2007, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> > I don't understand why you are bringing this here... it sounds like
> > something you need to take up with whatever group decides what goes
> > into the default installation.
>
> This group currently consists of one person, who hasn't yet tried to
> think of the set of installed packages as a whole - like, installing two
> web browsers by default.

Might I suggest that you bring this up with them, ie the group/ individual who 
set the default installation packages for lenny.  We are the hplip 
maintainers and users of hplip do expect the HP icon to be in the menu.

> > Furthermore, I think it is ridiculous to try to turn the default Debian
> > installation into a stuff-that-integrates-with-Gnome-only desktop.
>
> GNOME or not GNOME, I am talking about making the default Debian
> installation - especially what appears in the menus - consistent. We
> have thrown a lot of effort into this direction, and it is a shame to
> see them spoiled by a giant HP icon in the default etch menu, that
> spawns an ugly application a vast majority of users don't need.

Again, we don't set the default etch package set, we just maintain one of the 
packages which has been selected for etch. If you don't want the HP icon in 
the default etch installation, you need to make the argument to who sets the 
default package that it shouldn't be included. 

We won't break the package as we would then get a raft of valid bug reports 
from hplip users wanting the icon to appear in their menu when they install 
the package.

Mark
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