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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