Package: release.debian.org Severity: normal Tags: jessie User: [email protected] Usertags: pu
I asked the printing people how they felt about an backport of hplip, and OdyX suggested [0]: > As far as I remember (but could never take the time to actively > check), the Debian Stable Managers were open to update packages in > Stable for hardware support (and "new HP Printer" would qualify). I > haven't checked the hplip code to see whether a full new upstream > release would make sense over backporting specific parts though. > tl;dr: I'd check with the SRMs first. How would you feel about a wholesale backport of hplip, to stable? No debdiff attached, because it's scary huge. Not even a diffstat, because: > 4362 files changed, 1703256 insertions(+), 17230 deletions(-) [0]: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected] SR

