Hi Robert, On Thu, May 06, 2021 at 11:29:56AM +0100, Robert McQueen wrote: > Hi Guido, > > I work on Endless OS (www.endlessos.org) which is a derivative of > Debian. We carry a number of patches to cups-pk-helper to address bugs > present in Debian which are fixed in Ubuntu: > - a polkit policy that grants admin rights to members of the lpadmin > group > - a separate UID for cups-pk-helper which is a member of the lpadmin > group, meaning job management works correctly (as detailed in > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups-pk-helper/+bug/934291 ) > > These issues are not meaningfully fixable upstream as cups-pk-helper is > just a mechanism and the policy is intended to be distro-determined. > The lpadmin group and CUPS configuration is up to each distro, but at > least for Debian derivatives it makes sense that these issues can be > addressed once and then Ubuntu and other derivatives (such as Endless > OS) not need to diverge and carry the same patches. > > I see from https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=698504#44 > that you are open to assistance with the package, which we're happy to > offer. > > I'm wondering if you would consider a) moving the package into to the > printing-team on Salsa, and there b) we can send some patches to > address the above issues and lower the delta between Debian and Ubuntu > / Endless OS.
I've obviously not been active so moving to salsa's printing-team makes sense to not block on myself. If you want to base on git i have a mirror on github of what used to be on alioth: https://github.com/agx/cups-pk-helper-debian Cheers and thanks for the help! -- Guido > > Let us know if this would be of interest. > > Many Thanks, > Rob >
