Package: release.debian.org
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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

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