Package: hplip Version: 3.17.10+repack0-3 Severity: wishlist
The splitting of upstream's hplip software into a number of packages is very nice. For example, installing printer-driver-hpcups (with or without its recommended packages) allows a print queue to be set up without installing hplip. libsane-hpaio is needed for scanning and this package alone (without its recommended packages) is sufficient for scanning from a networked scanner device. USB connected scanners do not fare so well because their operation depends on 56-hpmud.rules, which is in hplip. This means either installing hplip or copying 56-hpmud.rules over to the target system. If 56-hpmud.rules was in the libsane-hpaio package, no hoops would have to be jumped through to avoid installing hplip. libsane-hpaio is a Depends: of hplip so, as far as that package is concerned, the situation with 56-hpmud.rules would be unaltered. Please could putting 56-hpmud.rules in libsane-hpaio be considered (and implemented)? Regards, Brian.
