Those actually aren't the Foomatic PPD files; they are manufacturer-supplied PPD files, some of which are open source/DFSG-compliant and some of which aren't.
I don't think anyone has packaged the manufacturer PPD files; a wnpp request might be appropriate. On 11/25/05, Laurent Bonnaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Package: foomatic-filters-ppds > Version: 20050913-1 > Severity: wishlist > > > Hi, > > I tried to compare the PPD files provided by the foomatic-filters-ppds package > and the PPD files provided on the linuxprinting.org website. As an example I > chose a printer I happen to use regularly: a Kyocera-FS-9100DN. > > So I looked at those files: > > /usr/share/ppd/Kyocera/Kyocera-FS-9100DN-Postscript.ppd.gz > > > http://www.linuxprinting.org/download/PPD/Kyocera/en/Kyocera_Mita_FS-9100DN_en.ppd > > and found out that they have very little in common. > > The Debian file is much smaller and contains: > > *FileVersion: "1.1" > > whereas the linuxprinting.org file seems much more complete and contains: > > *FileVersion: "8.2" > > > Additionally the linuxprinting.org website provided localized PPD files, which > would be nice to have in Debian. > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: testing/unstable > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (100, 'unstable'), (99, 'experimental') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > Kernel: Linux 2.6.14-1-686 > Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) > > Versions of packages foomatic-filters-ppds depends on: > ii foomatic-filters 3.0.2-20050720-1 linuxprinting.org printer support > > Versions of packages foomatic-filters-ppds recommends: > ii cupsys 1.1.99.b1.r4841-1 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - > ii cupsys-drive 4.3.99+cvs20051122.dfsg.1-1 printer drivers for CUPS > ii foo2zjs 20051113-1 Support for printing to > ZjStream-b > pn ppm2ppa <none> (no description available) > > -- no debconf information > > -- Chris Lawrence - http://blog.lordsutch.com/
