[Pkg-hpijs-devel] Bug#494659: [hplip] Bug#494659: Upstream version 2.8.6 must not be distributed (use 2.8.6b or 2.8.7 instead)

[Luk Claes]

Mark Purcell wrote:
> On Monday 08 September 2008 00:47:19 Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
>>>> Agreed. From all accounts 2.8.6 is running well across debian.
>>> OK, so would you be happy to release 2.8.6 with lenny?
>> Just one cent:
>>
>> Upstream asks us to not distribute something because of undisclosed reasons,
>> and we are considering distributing it on a Debian *stable* release?
> 
> While, 2.8.6 maybe running well, that isn't the issue with it.
> 
> Henrique does have an important point.
> 
> Upstream have asked that 2.8.6 not be redistributed.
> 
> "HPLIP 2.8.6 prematurely released code that was not intended for release. Release 2.8.6b replaces 2.8.6 and removes that code. There is no change in intended functionality as described in the release notes. We do not recommend using release 2.8.6 and ask that release 2.8.6 not be redistributed. "
> http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=849275
> 
> IMHO, that makes 2.8.6 unsuitable for a Debian stable release.

Diff with 2.8.6b looks sane.

unblocked

Cheers

Luk