HPLIP 3.9.8...

[Christopher A. Williams]

On Sat, 2009-08-08 at 15:41 +0100, Frank Murphy (Frankly3D) wrote:
> On 08/08/09 15:36, Christopher A. Williams wrote:
> > I noticed that the current available version on the F11 repos for HPLIP
> > is 3.9.2, but the most current version available from HP is version
> > 3.9.8.
> > 
> > A friend of mine installed this version on his F11 x86_64 system and
> > found that it works much MUCH better.
> > 
> 
> And other have had nothing but trouble.
> ymmv
> 
> Have you check ed updates-testing to see if it has an update? :D
> 
> 
> The best way to ask is a bugzilla,
> explaining why you think the update is worthwhile.

Well, the compilation of release notes between 3.9.2 and 3.9.8 might be
a good start as to a justification.

Amazing what:

yum --enablerepo updates-testing check-update hplip

...is able to tell you. :)

Is there a BZ existing already so I don't have to create another one?

Cheers,

Chris

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