Public bug reported: Binary package hint: brother-cups-wrapper-laser
I have compared driver versions in this package (and the related package brother-lpr-drivers-laser) with the driver dates listed on the Brother website (http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_prn.html). The drivers in the two packages in Lucid date from July 2007 (version 2.0.1-1). The Brother website includes drivers up to November 2009 (version 2.0.4-1). The copyright implications of including these drivers in Ubuntu was discussed extensively in Bug 25966. openprinting.org recommends using Brother's own Postscript drivers, at least with models closely related to my own recently-puchased HL-5370DW. .deb packages are available directly from Brother's website; using those packages, however, carries all the customary disadvantages of going outside Ku/Ubuntu's own package repositories. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Feb 19 23:43:58 2010 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 InstallationMedia: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/installer/media-info' NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: brother-cups-wrapper-laser (not installed) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE= PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-13.18-generic SourcePackage: brother-cups-wrapper-laser Uname: Linux 2.6.32-13-generic i686 ** Affects: brother-cups-wrapper-laser (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: lucid upgrade -- Brother printer drivers in Lucid are 2.5 years out-of-date https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/524779 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
