https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=808315
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=808315#c1
Johannes Meixner changed:
What |Removed |Added
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Summary|RFC: No longer install |RFC: No longer install big
|HPLIP and other big printer |printer driver packages
|driver packages by default? |like HPLIP and Gutenprint
| |by default?
--- Comment #1 from Johannes Meixner 2013-03-12 10:01:17 CET ---
OBS request 158147
https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/158147
is the answer regarding HPLIP:
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Changed patterns-openSUSE.changes
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+Sun Mar 10 07:32:23 UTC 2013 - coolo@suse.com
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+Stephan Kulow (1):
+ do not install hplip by default any longer (bnc#649280)
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Changed patterns-openSUSE.spec
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Recommends: gutenprint
-Recommends: hplip
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Recommends: gutenprint
-Recommends: hplip
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Recommends: gutenprint
-Recommends: hplip
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Recommends: gutenprint
-Recommends: hplip
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I wonder why gutenprint is still installed by default?
Gutenprint is almost twice as big as HPLIP (see comment #0).
I think for openSUSE Factory / openSUSE 13.1 Milestone 0
we should try out if it is o.k. to no longer install
big printer driver packages by default.
Stephan Kulow,
if you agree, please also remove the "Recommends: gutenprint"
so that we could get feedback from openSUSE Factory users and
openSUSE 13.1 Milestone 0 users whether or not this change is o.k.
Of course such a change will result some complaints from some users.
The crucial point is what the right default is for most users.
The general question behind this kind of change is:
Do most users expect that by default drivers
for "all and everything" are already installed
or
do most users anticipate that they may have to get
and install driver packages before they can use
this or that piece of hardware?
From a Windows point of view the answer is clear ;-)
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