hplip: hp-toolbox advertising?
Rex Dieter
rdieter at math.unl.edu
Tue Mar 27 03:16:10 UTC 2007
Bernard Johnson wrote:
> I was working on finding/reporting some bugs with the hplip package and
> noticed that there was no menu entry. Knowing that a graphical program
> with no menu entry wasn't the norm, I was about to file a bug, except
> when searching for a duplicate, I came across this:
>
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=170762
> mclasen at redhat.com:
> "We don't give free ad space to HP on our menus..."
> I find that to be both an interesting and hypocritical comment.
Bernard has a point. Usability issues (e.g. David's comments) isn't an
excuse for half-hearted packaging. If hplip is in fedora, it ought to be
packaged properly (.desktop menu, icons, and all).
-- Rex
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