Re: CUPS on Sid printing blank sheets

2012-02-27 Thread Brian
On Mon 27 Feb 2012 at 12:44:34 -0500, Tom H wrote: > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Brian wrote: > > > > Sorry, I'm a bit thrown by 'diversity'; I'll assume you mean 'severity'. > > There is already one mail expressing that view and I try not to go in > > for 'me toos'. > > I must've mistyped

Re: CUPS on Sid printing blank sheets

2012-02-27 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Brian wrote: > On Mon 27 Feb 2012 at 11:29:59 -0500, Tom H wrote: > >> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Brian wrote: >> > >> > Quite possibly. But that's the nature of Testing, isn't it? Preventing >> > packages in a good state (like CUPS) from migrating there d

Re: CUPS on Sid printing blank sheets

2012-02-27 Thread Brian
On Mon 27 Feb 2012 at 11:29:59 -0500, Tom H wrote: > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Brian wrote: > > > > Quite possibly. But that's the nature of Testing, isn't it? Preventing > > packages in a good state (like CUPS) from migrating there defeats its > > purpose. > > Why don't you add a commen

Re: CUPS on Sid printing blank sheets

2012-02-27 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Brian wrote: > On Sun 26 Feb 2012 at 18:20:25 -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > >> I suspect that if this update hits Testing that many more users will >> be impacted.  I know that I will have to put CUPS on my laptop in Hold >> status just so I have a machine to prin

Re: CUPS on Sid printing blank sheets

2012-02-27 Thread Brian
On Sun 26 Feb 2012 at 18:20:25 -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > I suspect that if this update hits Testing that many more users will > be impacted. I know that I will have to put CUPS on my laptop in Hold > status just so I have a machine to print from should it migrate to > Testing in its current s

Re: CUPS on Sid printing blank sheets

2012-02-26 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2012 26 Feb 16:55 -0600, Brian wrote: > http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer#tags > >important > a bug which has a major effect on the usability of a package, > without rendering it completely unusable to everyone > > The bit after the comma is the relevant bit. > > Now you

Re: CUPS on Sid printing blank sheets

2012-02-26 Thread Brian
On Sun 26 Feb 2012 at 15:55:27 -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * On 2012 26 Feb 14:12 -0600, Brian wrote: > > Bug #660420 at most rates a severity level of 'Important'. Designating > > it as 'Grave' to prevent it getting into testing is not the purpose of > > the BTS. > > Strangely, I thought it wa

Re: CUPS on Sid printing blank sheets

2012-02-26 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2012 26 Feb 14:12 -0600, Brian wrote: > Bug #660420 at most rates a severity level of 'Important'. Designating > it as 'Grave' to prevent it getting into testing is not the purpose of > the BTS. Strangely, I thought it was intended to be used in such a manner as to keep severely broken packag

Re: CUPS on Sid printing blank sheets

2012-02-26 Thread Brian
On Sun 26 Feb 2012 at 07:28:51 -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * On 2012 26 Feb 06:43 -0600, Camaleón wrote: > > > Try with the last good version of the package in Sid and if it works, > > just open a bug report. > > Two bugs are open in this topic, 660348 (mine) and 660420 (Mike's). > Both of u

Re: CUPS on Sid printing blank sheets

2012-02-26 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2012 26 Feb 06:43 -0600, Camaleón wrote: > Try with the last good version of the package in Sid and if it works, > just open a bug report. Two bugs are open in this topic, 660348 (mine) and 660420 (Mike's). Both of us have tried the latest update (1.5.2-5) and Mike sees help with the Gener

Re: CUPS on Sid printing blank sheets

2012-02-26 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:02:27 -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > I just noticed that my Sid box is printing blank sheets from CUPS to my > Brother HL-5240 printer. It is connected to the network using an Axis > 540+ print server which provides an LPD interface. I can print a text > document using a2ps

CUPS on Sid printing blank sheets

2012-02-17 Thread Nate Bargmann
I just noticed that my Sid box is printing blank sheets from CUPS to my Brother HL-5240 printer. It is connected to the network using an Axis 540+ print server which provides an LPD interface. I can print a text document using a2ps but anything from Iceweasel or LibreOffice results in a blank she