Request for backport of system-config-printer 1.4.8-1 for jessie-backports

[Dmitry Shachnev]

Hi Andreas,

On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 12:16:00PM +0100, Andreas Heinlein wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I would like to ask you to backport a newer version of system-config-printer
> to jessie-backports. The reason is that now CUPS 2.2 is in jessie-backports,
> which breaks system-config-printer. The problem is described in bug #791705
> and was obviously fixed in system-config-printer 1.4.8-1, according to the
> changelog.

Sorry, I am not a system-config-printer maintainer and I just don’t have any
time for backporting it.

I am CCing Laurent Bigonville who is the most active uploader.

> Unfortunately, I cannot find that version anywhere to test it. The SVN
> repository linked from the PTS page seems to be broken or has moved.

Yes, it was moved from attic to packages/unstable recently (on Feb 23th).

If you need the 1.4.8-1 version, you can find its packaging in tags [1].

> The version currently in stretch needs several python3 packages which are
> not in jessie, so this does not seem to be an easy solution.

Right, in this case 1.4.8 should be a better choice for backports.

[1] https://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/pkg-gnome/tags/system-config-printer/1.4.8-1/

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Dmitry Shachnev
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