Package: wnpp Severity: normal I request an adopter for the gutenprint package. I no longer have time to maintain it, and it deserves to be maintained to a better standard than I can currently manage. Not only am I short of time, but I no longer have an inkjet printer for testing and bug fixing.
Gutenprint is used for printing on EPSON, Canon, Olympus, and some HP and other makes of printer via CUPS, LPRng etc.. It is an important part of the printing infrastructure in Debian. There is a new upstream release due out in the next week or so (5.2.0). Upstream is very friendly. The package isn't too complex, though there are quite a few binary packages. What it really needs is proper testing and bugs being pushed upstream. I'll continue to be available to co-maintain if you like, and I do know a fair bit about its internals (I am, albeit currently inactive, an upstream developer as well). I will also be orphaning ijs, one of gutenprint's build dependencies. Thanks, Roger The package description is: This package includes a CUPS driver based on Gutenprint. . The CUPS drivers contain all of the files needed to support photo-quality printing on any printer supported by Gutenprint. You can find out more about the Common UNIX Printing System ("CUPS"), an IPP-based printing system for UNIX/Linux, at: . http://www.cups.org . This is Gutenprint version 5.0.2, a stable release in the 5.0 series. . Gutenprint is the print facility for the GIMP, and in addition a suite of drivers that may be used with common UNIX spooling systems using GhostScript or CUPS. These drivers provide printing quality for UNIX/Linux on a par with proprietary vendor-supplied drivers in many cases, and can be used for many of the most demanding printing tasks. Gutenprint was formerly known as Gimp-Print. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable') Architecture: powerpc (ppc) Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-powerpc Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]