Dependency on python-notify makes hplip unsuitable for servers

[Thierry Carrez]

Binary package hint: cups

hplip grew overnight a dependency on python-notify that brings up lots of graphical libraries as dependencies, making the server ISO oversized.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

I uploaded a quick hack for alpha-2:

hplip (3.10.5-3ubuntu2) maverick; urgency=low

  * debian/control: Drop python-notify to suggests, it's pulling half of
    the desktop into server images.

 -- Martin Pitt <email address hidden> Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:38:35 +0200

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

Sorry, I simply merged from Debian. Now I have merged this change back to Debian, as for Debian server users the same problem will occur. In the next HPLIP package I will also put python-notify into the Recommends: of hplip-gui, as someone who installs hplip-gui wants to have desktop functionality.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Thanks Till, that was fast!

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

I would consider 3.10.5-3ubuntu2 as a fix for this bug. HPLIP always worked also without python-notifier on servers and python-notifier needs the GUI stuff. So it is the correct way to demote python-notifier to Suggests: here. In 3.10.5-3ubuntu3 I have added python-notifier also to the Recommends: of hplip-gui so that one gets the full GUI functionality of HPLIP by simply installing the hplip-gui package.