On 2016-05-10 19:09, Richard Elkins wrote:
Pasi,
I know that lsb is not maintained by Xubuntu; it was part of the
Ubuntu core up until 15.10. I wrote to this list because I am a
Xubuntu user and I was once active as a tester.
Aren't we at all concerned that users who have Epson printers might be
leaving Xubuntu, Lubuntu, etc.? I had to convert someone's laptop to
Linux Mint Debian edition just to get that individual reconnected back
to an Epson printer. The various *buntu release notes could have
warned Epson printer users that they should consider finding a new
distro which includes the lsb packages. This was a total surprise for
Epson customers.
Yes, but most of do not have the time to actively keep on top of the
issue. Which is why every package has their dedicated maintainer...
To be honest, if every change in the distribution that could in any way
affect any users (pretty much all changes) were listed in the release
notes, they would be a useless wall of text. I don't have an alternative
suggestion either, but do you seriously think anybody would advice
anybody to choose another distribution in their release notes?
Yes, it is possible that the reason a package is removed from the
repositories is because it wouldn't work with other package versions
in the release and still meet the release date requirement. Someone
could have explained that.
The Xubuntu team had no idea this was being done as we do not follow
specific packages that can affect specific hardware, unless they are
affecting some of the "core" packages or functionality in Xubuntu itself.
I am not affected because the printer-driver-escpr package is a good
enough solution for my Epson XP-410 and the way I use it. However, if
this issue is not addressed, then I'll try to find time to explore lsb
myself but this is difficult given my personal time being donated
elsewhere for the last 2 years.
On 2016-05-10 22:39, Richard Elkins wrote:
My curiosity got the better of me. I added the lsb packages from
Trusty to my 16.04 installation and it is an effective work-around;
the driver from the Epson site can now install. I documented the
work-around in detail in message #34 for
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lsb/+bug/1536353.
Therefore, there seems to be no reason for excluding the lsb packages
from 16.04.
I'm happy that this solution worked for you. On the bug comments, Till
implied a new distribution-independent printer driver packaging was
planned - let's hope the work on that proceeds quickly so too many
people won't end up with similar problems to yours.
Cheers,
Pasi
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