I think this is not a good idea. There should not be any programs on the CD and even in the desktop menues which require a package which is not on the CD.
I think one should split the hplip package into hplip and hplip-gui. hplip-gui contains all graphical user interfaces, like hp-toolbox, hp- sendfax, ... with their desktop menu entries, and it should have a dependency on python-qt3, as all of HP's GUIs are based on this widget toolkit. The hplip package will contain the core part (daemons, documentation, ...) and the command line tools (like hp-setup, ...). If on the CD is not enough space to include python-qt3, only hplip will be put onto the CDs and hplip-gui will be available only from the mirrors. And if a use installs hplip-gui from the mirrors, python-qt3 will automatically be installed and as soon as the user sees menu entries for HP's GUI tools the tools are working. -- [Edgy] HPLIP Toolbox doesn't start from gnome menu https://launchpad.net/bugs/54667 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
