[needs packaging] Include a Seiko Smart Label package in the repositories

[Egbert van der Wal]

For the Seiko SmartLabel series of label printers, Seiko has made available a driver, which can be downloaded from
http://siibusinessproducts.com/support/linuxdriver_sla.html

It requires manual compilation and the makefile needs to be adapted to suit Ubuntu (because there is no models subdirectory in /usr/share/cups/). But the good thing is, the driver is released under the GPL so I see no reason why this could not be packaged and included in the repositories so it would be easier to install on Ubuntu. The agreement on the link I posted above seems to indicate otherwise but the sourcefiles and the LICENSE.txt clearly state it is released as free software under the terms of the General Public License version 2.

I could not find any package containing this driver, please correct me if I'm wrong.

I am usign Kubuntu Intrepid 8.10, fully updated including the proposed repository.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

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This bug is tagged needs-packaging which identifies it as a request for a new package in Ubuntu. As a part of the managing needs-packaging bug reports specification, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Specs/NeedsPackagingBugs, all needs-packaging bug reports have Wishlist importance. Subsequently, I'm setting this bug's status to Wishlist.