Samba network printers unusable with default Fedora Desktop installs

[drago01]

On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Matthias Clasen <mclasen at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2013-04-29 at 13:31 +0200, Bastien Nocera wrote:
>> On Mon, 2013-04-29 at 14:19 +0300, Elad Alfassa wrote:
>
>> > Regarding HP printer drivers, it seems that they are intentionally
>> > excluded from our live install.
>> > https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/spin-kickstarts.git/tree/fedora-live-minimization.ks
>> >
>> >
>> > I can't find the commit message that explains why those drivers are
>> > removed. Does anyone on this list has any idea what the reason was and
>> > if it's still relevant?
>>
>> Probably because they're huge.
>
> At some point in the past, installing hp printing support packages would
> clutter the menu with hp logos and items. That could also be the
> reason.

That's lame. "Clutter menus" vs. "Hardware does not work" ... I'd
argue the first is the lesser evil ;)