I have chosen the names of the executables of the appropriate filters,
so that an printer installation program (as printerdrake) can find the
appropriate package when it reads the filter command line in a PPD file
(CUPS) or in the printerdb (LPD). One could perhaps do the following:
Lexmark2070 --> printer-driver-lexmark-2070-bw__Lexmark2070
c2070 --> printer-driver-lexmark-2070-color__c2070
cZ11 --> printer-driver-lexmark-z11__cZ11
cjet --> printer-driver-canon-CaPSL__cjet
Now everyone can read from the file name for what these packages are,
and when a program cuts off all up to the first '_' and all beginning
from the first '.' one has the executable name. So if a program finds
out that "cZ11" is missing, it installs:
rpm -Uvh printer-driver-*__cZ11.*.rpm
in general
rpm -Uvh printer-driver-*__${exec_name}.*.rpm
and the missing program will be installed.
When I upload the packages under a new name, how can I remove the
packages with the old names from the Cooker?
Till
Alexander Skwar wrote:
>
> On Sat, Aug 26, 2000 at 03:45:00PM +0200, Till Kamppeter wrote:
> > --=-=-=
> > Name : Lexmark2070 Relocations: (not relocateable)
> > Summary : Driver for the Lexmark 2070 inkjet printer (300dpi b/w)
> > --=-=-=
>
> > --=-=-=
> > Name : c2070 Relocations: (not relocateable)
> > Summary : Driver for the Lexmark 2070 inkjet printer (300dpi color)
>
> > --=-=-=
> > Name : cZ11 Relocations: (not relocateable)
> > Summary : Driver for the Lexmark Z11 inkjet printer
> > --=-=-=
>
> > --=-=-=
> > Name : cjet Relocations: (not relocateable)
> > Summary : Driver for Canon CaPSL (level III+) laser printers
> > --=-=-=
>
> Why are there 4 completely different and unrelated names for packages which
> basically are, if not the same, but very close related? IMO it would be
> better if those packages could have more "telling" names, like maybe
> printer-driver-lexmark-2070-bw
> printer-driver-lexmark-2070-color
> printer-driver-lexmark-z11
> printer-driver-canon-capsl
>
> This way users could a lot easier find the correct packages and uninterested
> people wouldn't even read the description.
>
> Just my 2 Pfennige :-)
>
