Bug#733947: hplip-gui: HP Toolbox is not found in Gnome 3 Activities Overview / search after installing hplip-gui

[Julian Andres Klode]

Control: reassign -1 gnome-menus

On Thu, Jan 02, 2014 at 09:44:33AM -0500, Fabian Rodriguez wrote:
> Package: hplip-gui
> Version: 3.13.11-2
> Severity: important
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> I installed the hplip-gui package on a fresh Debian Jessie install to 
> make available the HP Toolbox for easy HP printers installation and 
> management (in particular networked multi-function printing/scanning).
> 
> After installation, however, the HP Toolbox application (hp-toolbox) 
> is not found in the Activities Overview in Gnome 3.
> 
> I would expect to find the application by searching for "toolbox", 
> "printing" or "printer". The application also lacks a menu entry when 
> using a Gnome Classic session.
> 
> I would also expect to find it under Settings > Hardware.
> 

gnome-menus blacklists the hplip applications. They should stop
doing that. hplip-gui is not installed by default (or any meta
package), and if a user installs it himself, it should be shown.

BTW: I also just updated the packaging to use upstream icons.

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