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

[Mark Purcell-3]

> Some of these changes look substantial - do we have any
> bug reports that
indicate that distributing 2.8.
> 6 is a bad idea?

Agreed. From all accounts 2.8.6 is running well across debian.

The only reason to upgrade lenny to 2.8.6.b is because upstream have asked generally that 2.8.6 not be distributed as they released some early code that they then took out in 2.8.6.b.

Functionally the two versions are supposed to be identical.

Upstream has put additional functionality into 2.8.7. But we are not considering that for lenny and I probably won't package 2.8.7 until we resolve lenny. Ubuntu have allready shipped 2.8.7 and we work with them on common packaging, we both use alioth for debian/

Mark





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[Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt-3]

"Mark Purcell" <msp@...> writes:
>> Some of these changes look substantial - do we have any
>> bug reports that indicate that distributing 2.8. 6 is a bad idea?
>
> 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?

Marc
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[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Sun, 07 Sep 2008, Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt wrote:
> "Mark Purcell" <msp@...> writes:
> >> Some of these changes look substantial - do we have any
> >> bug reports that indicate that distributing 2.8. 6 is a bad idea?
> >
> > 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?

--
  "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
  them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
  Henrique Holschuh




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[Mark Purcell-3]

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.

Mark




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[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




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