[FFe] brlaser 4

[Till Kamppeter]

NOTE: This bug was turned into a Feature Freeze Exception Request to get brlaser 4 into Bionic, see comment #8 and following.

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There is a new upstream version of brlaser releases:

https://github.com/pdewacht/brlaser/releases/tag/v4

As it is not in the list of packages which I can upload to Main. I need sponsoring.

debdiff attached.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Till, could you provide a dsc/debian.tar.xz/orig? your debdiff fails to apply to the current oneiric version
 with one hunk in brlaser.drv.in and one in the README, also it's not clear what orig to use

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

Base is the version currently used by Bionic, version 3-6 which got synced in from Debian. You get it by running the command

pull-lp-source brlaser

The upstream source tarball is the .tar.gz downloaded from

https://github.com/pdewacht/brlaser/releases/tag/v4

It is

https://github.com/pdewacht/brlaser/archive/v4.tar.gz

I have recompressed it to .xz running these commands on Bionic:

gunzip v4.tar.gz
xz v4.tar

The resulting tarball, correctly renamed to brlaser_4.orig.tar.xz is attached.

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

For applying the debdiff it works for me as folows:

pull-lp-source brlaser
cd brlaser-3
quilt pop -a
patch -p1 < ../../brlaser_3-6_4-0ubuntu1.debdiff

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

The recompression of the original tarball is not actually needed. Also

wget https://github.com/pdewacht/brlaser/archive/v4.tar.gz
mv v4.tar.gz brlaser_4.orig.tar.gz
pull-lp-source brlaser
cd brlaser-3
quilt pop -a
patch -p1 < ../../brlaser_3-6_4-0ubuntu1.debdiff

allows to build the package.

[Didier Raboud (odyx)]

I've just uploaded brlaser 4-1 to Debian unstable fwiw. See https://salsa.debian.org/printing-team/brlaser

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

Till, if you want this in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, please convert this bug into a Feature Freeze Exception bug. Please mention what testing you've done of this package.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FreezeExceptionProcess

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

As Feature Freeze of Bionic has passed I want to get this update done as a Feature Freeze Exception, as described on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FreezeExceptionProcess.

Rationale for the update:

Support for additional Brother printers, duplex support for the Brother DCP-7065DN.

Old upstream version is version 3, new version is version 4.

The package I want to have in 18.04 LTS is the current Debian package, brlaser 4-1, to be obtained via

pull-debian-source brlaser

The package should get synced into Ubuntu.

Here is the needed information:

- diff of the Upstream ChangeLog:

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brlaser v4 (2018-02-25)
    Added several printers.
    Merged duplex printing support from @xc-racer99. Enabled for DCP-7065DN.
    Switched to a CMake build system.
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- Install log:

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till@till-x1yoga:~/ubuntu/brlaser/debian$ sudo dpkg -i ~/pbuilder/bionic_result/*.deb
[sudo] password for till:
(Reading database ... 263558 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../printer-driver-brlaser_4-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking printer-driver-brlaser (4-1) over (3-6) ...
Setting up printer-driver-brlaser (4-1) ...
Processing triggers for cups (2.2.7-1ubuntu1) ...
Updating PPD files for brlaser ...
till@till-x1yoga:~/ubuntu/brlaser/debian$
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- Testing:

I do not have any Brother printer and therefore I could not do actual printing, but at least I could check correct behavior of the driver with CUPS:

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till@till-x1yoga:~/ubuntu/brlaser/debian$ lpinfo -m | grep brlaser
drv:///brlaser.drv/br1510.ppd Brother DCP-1510 series, using brlaser v4
drv:///brlaser.drv/br7030.ppd Brother DCP-7030, using brlaser v4
drv:///brlaser.drv/br7040.ppd Brother DCP-7040, using brlaser v4
drv:///brlaser.drv/br7055.ppd Brother DCP-7055, using brlaser v4
drv:///brlaser.drv/br7055w.ppd Brother DCP-7055W, using brlaser v4
drv:///brlaser.drv/br7065dn.ppd Brother DCP-7065DN, using brlaser v4
drv:///brlaser.drv/brl2300d.ppd Brother HL-L2300D, using brlaser v4
drv:///brlaser.drv/br7360n.ppd Brother MFC-7360N, using brlaser v4
till@till-x1yoga:~/ubuntu/brlaser/debian$ lpadmin -p brlasertest -E -v socket://10.0.0.4:9100 -m drv:///brlaser.drv/br7065dn.ppd -o PageSize=A4
till@till-x1yoga:~/ubuntu/brlaser/debian$ sudo cupstestppd /etc/cups/ppd/brlasertest.ppd
/etc/cups/ppd/brlasertest.ppd: PASS
till@till-x1yoga:~/ubuntu/brlaser/debian$ lp -d brlasertest ~/ghostscript/testfiles/CityMap.pdf
request id is brlasertest-72 (1 file(s))
till@till-x1yoga:~/ubuntu/brlaser/debian$ lpstat -o
brlasertest-72 till 326656 Mi 04 Apr 2018 14:57:22 CEST
till@till-x1yoga:~/ubuntu/brlaser/debian$ lpstat -o
till@till-x1yoga:~/ubuntu/brlaser/debian$
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The printout did not show the correct image as I have only an HP printer and not a Brother, but the driver did not cause any errors or crashes. All behaves as expected. Also the job is removed from the queue after printing, meaning that there were no errors.

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

Build log from

pbuilder-dist bionic amd64 brlaser_4-1.dsc

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

There is no package depending on this package, so it cannot break such packages or require the rebuild of any other package.

[Iain Lane (laney)]

OK Till, go ahead.

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

Laney, can you sponsor the sync for me? brlaser is missing in my upload list.

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

This bug was fixed in the package brlaser - 4-1
Sponsored for Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)

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brlaser (4-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * New upstream release
    - Build system changed to CMake

  * Packaging cleanup:
    - Bump debhelper compat to 11
    - Update packaging to cmake build system
    - Install README.md as doc
    - Cleanup the superfluous Testsuite control field
    - Refresh d/copyright
    - Enable hardening

 -- Didier Raboud <email address hidden> Fri, 02 Mar 2018 08:08:59 +0100

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

Laney, thanks.

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

And thanks, Jeremy, for syncing.

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

Synced but it will need manual approval from the Ubuntu Release Team because we are in Final Beta freeze. I expect it to be approved after the Beta is released.