http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=569917 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=569917#c0 Summary: yast2-scanner: only iscan-free as RPM, proprietary Iscan only from Avasys Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.3 Version: Factory Platform: All OS/Version: SuSE Other Status: ASSIGNED Severity: Enhancement Priority: P5 - None Component: YaST2 AssignedTo: jsmeix@novell.com ReportedBy: jsmeix@novell.com QAContact: jsrain@novell.com Found By: Development Blocker: --- Our proprietary Iscan packages iscan-proprietary-drivers, iscan-firmware, and iscan will be no longer provided by openSUSE. Only the free software package iscan-free will still be provided by openSUSE. All Iscan software is made and provided by Avasys http://avasys.jp/eng/linux_driver/ where RPMs for 32-bit and 64-bit architecture (and Debian 32 and 64-bit packages) can be downloaded. Therefore yast2-scanner must be adapted to no longer try to install our iscan-proprietary-drivers, iscan-firmware, and iscan packages (see bug #556097) but instead it must show a meaningful user information when a scanner is to be set up which requires the proprietary Iscan software so that the user can download and install the right packages from Avasys on his own. Question: Why does not YaST download and install the packages from Avasys? Short answer: Because it is proprietary software. Explanatory answer: Before downloading any proprietary stuff I would have to show the right proprietary license dialog so that I would need at least reliable fixed URLs for the right proprietary license texts which must be well separated from the actual proprietary stuff (i.e. only one proprietary package with included license texts would not work for us), see http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/sane-devel/2008-April/021911.html Possible solution: Iscan should do it the same way as HPLIP: Avasys should provide a free software source tar ball which provides all their free Iscan software but not any piece of their prorietary Iscan software. For their prorietary stuff there should be a free "iscan-setup" tool which does all what is necessary regarding proprietary stuff (in particular show the right license text, download the right packages from the right URLs, and install them in the right way on the end-user's system). Then I could also call such a tool from YaST if a model is to be set up which requires proprietary stuff. I already requested this several times but it seems Avasys' software policy is somehow fundamental different... For any further questions, please contact Avasys directly! -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.