On Thu 16 Jul 2020 at 20:40:05 +0200, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: > Source: ippusbxd > Version: 1.34-2 > Severity: important > > Now that ipp-usb landed in Debian unstable [0], and is said to be a > better-on-all-fronts replacement to ippusbxd; should we be completely removing > ippusbxd from Debian unstable (and therefore, Bullseye, the next stable > release)? > > Let's discuss in this bug, before eventually reassigning to ftp-master for the > actual removal, if we can agree it's a reasonable next steps. > > A side question; ippusbxd is not a dependency nor a recommends of anything > currently in Debian; should ipp-usb become a recommends of CUPS for instance? > > [0] > https://tracker.debian.org/news/1160616/accepted-ipp-usb-099-1-amd64-source-into-unstable-unstable/
I am very much attracted by the idea of a USB connected printer becoming immediately available when it is plugged in, so a Recommends: ipp-usb would be ok with me. However, it is as well to be aware that there is a difference in user experience compared to the situation when driverless printing was fully introduced on buster. In the later case, a user who pressed on with the installation of vendor drivers was generally successful in getting to use them with a wireless or ethernet connection. With ipp-usb, on the other hand, printing and scanning can only take place through IPP-over-USB (AFAIK). Users who expect their previous setup methods to work will probably be due a disappointment. I believe scanning to be possible only with sane-escl and sane-airscan. sane-escl is not yet in unstable to test. Recommends: ipp-usb | ippusbxd is an option that does not seem to benefit a Debian user. ippusbxd is supported upstream but there may be plans for its future we are unaware of. I'm a little unsure about its removal from unstable, but, overall, there does not appear to a glaring downside to it. It would simplify the rewriting of the relevant sections of the wiki if only one daemon was available. :) Regards, Brian.
