Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug report. Summary: Review Request: gutenprint: Printer Drivers Package https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=199108 ------- Additional Comments From kevin@xxxxxxxxx 2006-09-08 00:53 EST ------- Thats unfortunate. Extras packages are not supposed to conflict or obsolete core packages (Although there could be a explicit statement about that in the review/packaging guidelines). I see two ways forward: 1. Since this package will replace gimp-print in FC7 we can leave the package here (updating with new releases, etc) and wait until FC7 opens up for new packages and then have the core folks import this package to replace gimp print. This means people won't be able to easily use it until it's imported in core however. 2. (prefered by me) Is there any way that this package can install along side (but not conflicting with) gimp-print and allow users to select which one they wish to use? I see encouraging signs of this in the README, like: "Installing the CUPS driver for Gutenprint 5.0 will not interfere with your ability to continue using the Gimp-Print 4.2 CUPS driver." and * Gutenprint permits installation of Gimp-Print 4.2 alongside Gutenprint 5.0, and in the future will permit concurrent installation of different stable versions of Gutenprint with different minor version numbers. Gutenprint uses the old-style kernel numbering system, whereby even numbered minor versions are stable (4.2, 5.0, 5.2) and odd numbered minor versions are development (4.3, 5.1). Therefore, you should consider allowing Gutenprint 5.0 and Gimp-Print 4.2 to be installed concurrently. and * All files and directories with versioned names (e. g. cups-genppdupdate, rastertogutenprint, the PPD files) may be installed concurrently with other versions of Gimp-Print and Gutenprint as described above. Other executables (such as the Canon and Epson back ends, and cups-calibrate) are not versioned, but are not linked against libgutenprint and do not have any other dependencies on Gutenprint. However, the gimp plugin appears problematic: * The GIMP plugin, unlike the core library and the Foomatic and CUPS drivers, may not be installed concurrently with other versions. For example, you may not install both the Gimp-Print 4.2 and the Gutenprint 5.0 version of the Print plugin, as they use different configuration file formats. So, I would suggest: Not shipping a gimp plugin (comment out, but leave in the spec for fc7+), and seeing if you can get this package to not conflict with gimp-print-4.2. The conflicts I see: file /usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/print from install of gutenprint-5.0.0- 0.10.fc6 conflicts with file from package gimp-print-plugin-4.2.7-20.1 file /usr/bin/escputil from install of gutenprint-5.0.0-0.10.fc6 conflicts with file from package gimp-print-utils-4.2.7-20.1 file /usr/share/man/man1/escputil.1.gz from install of gutenprint-5.0.0- 0.10.fc6 conflicts with file from package gimp-print-utils-4.2.7-20.1 file /usr/bin/cups-calibrate from install of gutenprint-cups-5.0.0- 0.10.fc6 conflicts with file from package gimp-print-cups-4.2.7-20.1 file /usr/lib/cups/backend/canon from install of gutenprint-cups-5.0.0- 0.10.fc6 conflicts with file from package gimp-print-cups-4.2.7-20.1 file /usr/lib/cups/backend/epson from install of gutenprint-cups-5.0.0- 0.10.fc6 conflicts with file from package gimp-print-cups-4.2.7-20.1 file /usr/lib/cups/filter/commandtocanon from install of gutenprint- cups-5.0.0-0.10.fc6 conflicts with file from package gimp-print-cups-4.2.7-20.1 file /usr/lib/cups/filter/commandtoepson from install of gutenprint- cups-5.0.0-0.10.fc6 conflicts with file from package gimp-print-cups-4.2.7-20.1 file /usr/share/man/man8/cups-calibrate.8.gz from install of gutenprint- cups-5.0.0-0.10.fc6 conflicts with file from package gimp-print-cups-4.2.7-20.1 Perhaps the gutenprint-devel list could tell you how to configure things so gutenprint can work with gimp-print-4.2 already installed? Perhaps the above cups conflicts just need to have a gutenprint- prefix? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the QA contact for the bug, or are watching the QA contact. _______________________________________________ Fedora-package-review mailing list Fedora-package-review@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-package-review