Quoting Didier 'OdyX' Raboud (2018-03-04 15:44:12) > Le dimanche, 4 mars 2018, 13.54:27 h CET Jonas Smedegaard a écrit : > > Is PolicyKit _required_ for _all_ uses of hplip? > > Good question. I'll admit I was put off my the (exhausting) 'systemd' > argument, and hadn't checked what exactly was done with PolicyKit.
Perfectly understandable. I admired how long you kept calm! > > Otherwise I believe hplip should only recommend policykit: The > > purpose of "Recommends" is to permit "exotic" uses, which I believe > > this is - unless hplip *cannot* work *at* *all* wothout PolicyKit in > > place. > > We don't agree on what constitutes "exotic" use of hplip. Oh well… I > suspect a Recommends is good enough. I'll upload that demotion later > today. Thanks. > Just don't expect that demotion to withhold too many "I can't run > hp-plugin" bugs. :) I suspect such bugs can be closed with a simple "Please install policykit (and no, avoiding recommendations is no bug in this package)" message, but let's see if it comes to that :-) - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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