From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 11 18:39:20 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 467ED106564A for ; Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:39:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de) Received: from smtp.kn-bremen.de (gelbbaer.kn-bremen.de [78.46.108.116]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 002038FC0C for ; Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:39:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de) Received: by smtp.kn-bremen.de (Postfix, from userid 10) id 55B051E002AD; Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:39:19 +0200 (CEST) Received: from triton.kn-bremen.de (noident@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by triton.kn-bremen.de (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n6BIVdGU078199; Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:31:39 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from nox@triton.kn-bremen.de) Received: (from nox@localhost) by triton.kn-bremen.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n6BIVcG0078198; Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:31:38 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from nox) From: Juergen Lock Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:31:38 +0200 To: Juergen Lock Message-ID: <20090711183138.GC77483@triton.kn-bremen.de> References: <20090704112402.GA87051@triton.kn-bremen.de> <20090704120713.GA17665@triton.kn-bremen.de> <20090706164652.GA38440@triton.kn-bremen.de> <20090707214134.GA66882@triton.kn-bremen.de> <20090709184446.GA20846@hades.panopticon> <20090710220705.GA43250@triton.kn-bremen.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090710220705.GA43250@triton.kn-bremen.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: Chris Petrik , Dmitry Marakasov , freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: call for testing: print/hplip update, pass 2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:39:20 -0000 On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 12:07:05AM +0200, I wrote: > On Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 10:44:46PM +0400, Dmitry Marakasov wrote: >[...] > > As I understood, the update has regressions compared to the hplip > > version which is currently in ports, thus it's not possible to just > > update it. Can you (both Jurgen and Chris) give me a brief summary of > > how the update is better and worse than the current version? If it has > > enough working/new features, it would be nice to commit this change as > > hplip-devel. And, in either case, how hard is it (if possible) to > > fix the regressions? > > Well the usb issue with my new printer also exists with the old version > thats currently in ports as I now found out, and the only other issue > that I remember (printing ascii or ps to the fax queue) could just as > well be a problem/incompatiblity with the new cups version... And > additionally, the old version's hp-setup seems to be incompatible with > today's cups, at least it was unable to add the network print queues > for my new printer when I tried it now. (unlike the new version. And > also the gui certainly has improved.) > > Btw that testing just unconvered another bug: the package needs to add > hpaio to ${LOCALBASE)/etc/sane.d/dll.conf too... > > I guess I should test the fax queue on Linux, and possibly usb on head... > (fixing usb would at least need someone that still knows the old usb > stack I'd say. _If_ it works on head. :) I now tested the fax queue with a Linux vbox guest (sidux 2009-02 preview xfce lite running from the iso after apt-get install hplip hplip-ppds hplip-gui python-gobject and configuring network printing/faxing using hp-setup), and it seemed to work there - until I hit `cancel' in hp-sendfax, after which new jobs printed to the fax queue didn't show up in hp-sendfax anymore, although it still did get invoked. Oh and also a test page sent to the fax queue using the cups webinterface didn't appear in hp-sendfax. So the fax queue does have bugs on Linux too, but it certainly works better than with our port... :) Cheers, Juergen PS: This was hplip 3.9.4b-1 on Linux while our new port is 3.9.6.