[Pkg-hpijs-devel] Bug#608836: hplip-data: should include the word "ppd" in the description

[Luca Capello]

Package: hplip-data
Version: 3.10.6-1.1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch

Hi there!

Today I wanted to install two HP printers (LaserJet 2430dtn and Color
LaserJet CP3525dn) and thus I looked for the best driver at
<http://www.openprinting.org/>.  I thus discovered that at least the
former printer is listed as fully-supported by HPLIP, but given that I
do not want to install 70MB to print with a PostScript printer, I looked
for an official PostScript-only PPD.  What a surprise when I found out
that Debian already shipped it, in a package (hplip-data) where the word
"ppd" is not even mentioned!

My first reaction was: what the hell, why is there no hplip-ppds package
with the PPDs only?  At least in my case, it seems that the *full* HPLIP
suite is not needed for my two printers to work (I tested both with
different files from different programs).  For this reason (and if I am
not wrong), this wishlist bug should ask for a separate hplip-ppds
package, recommended by hplip-data.

However, given that I understand that you could be reluctant to the
solution above, please at least add the word "ppd" in the description,
so `apt-cache search ppd` will return hplip-data as well:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
Index: debian/control
===================================================================
--- debian/control	(revision 481)
+++ debian/control	(working copy)
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 Suggests: hplip
 Depends: ${python:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, xz-utils
 Description: HP Linux Printing and Imaging - data files
- This package contains data files for the HP Linux Printing and
+ This package contains data files and PPDs for the HP Linux Printing and
  Imaging System.
 
 Package: hplip-gui
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Thx, bye,
Gismo / Luca

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.36-rc6-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
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