When printer browsing is enabled, a reverse lookup on IP addresses should be done in printers listing

Bug #137544 reported by Vincenzo Ciancia
2
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
One Hundred Papercuts
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
system-config-printer (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Wishlist
Unassigned

Bug Description

When enabling printer browsing on the local network and adding a new printer, I can see a list of available printers, with their IP address. A reverse lookup should be attempted on these IP addresses since many sysadmin leave this as the only clue to determine the printer name.

Changed in system-config-printer:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
Changed in system-config-printer:
status: New → Confirmed
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Vincenzo Ciancia (vincenzo-ml) wrote :

Any news on this? Current look of the network printer selection dialog mostly sucks for that reason.

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Vincenzo Ciancia (vincenzo-ml) wrote :

Adding this to papercuts, feel free to remove it if it's not suited.

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David Siegel (djsiegel-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Adding reverse lookup constitutes the addition of a new feature, which is much more complex than a trivial usability fix. This is not a paper cut.

Changed in hundredpapercuts:
status: New → Invalid
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