Package: hplip Version: 3.16.8+repack0-2 Severity: wishlist User: [email protected] Usertags: appstream-modalias
Hi. The hplip package is one of the packages in the Debian archive that should be proposed for installation when a given hardware dongle is inserted or available. Thanks to the appstream system, this can now be announced in a way other tools can use and act on. I've written the isenkram system to ask the current user if hardware specific packages should be installed when a new dongle is installed or already present on a machine, and isenkram now uses appstream as one source for hardware to package mappings. You can read more about this on my blog, <URL: http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Using_appstream_with_isenkram_to_install_hardware_related_packages_in_Debian.html >. Instructions on how to create the metadata XML file can be found in <URL: https://wiki.debian.org/AppStream/Guidelines >. It would be great if you could add an appstream metainfo file to the hplip package, with content similar to this: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <component> [...] <provides> <modalias>usb:v03F0p0004d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0p0104d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0p0111d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0p0204d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0p0304d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0p0311d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0p0404d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0p0504d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0p0604d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0p0704d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0p0712d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0p0804d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0p0904d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0p1004d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0p1104d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0p1151d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0p1204d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0p1504d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0p1604d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0p1904d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0p1C17d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0p1E11d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0p2004d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0p2104d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0p2304d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0p2811d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0p2D11d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0p3102d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0p3104d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0p3304d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0p3404d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0p3504d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0p3C02d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0p3D11d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0p3F11d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0p5004d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0p6004d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0p6104d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0p6204d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0p6602d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0p7004d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0p7104d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0p7204d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0p7304d*</modalias> <modalias>usb:v03F0pA004d*</modalias> </provides> </component> If there are other hardware ids or kernel modules also supported by the package, please add those too. :) -- Happy hacking Petter Reinholdtsen
