Bug 189030

Summary:	RFE: make hplip-gui require reportlab
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Bernard Johnson <bjohnson>
Component:	hplip	Assignee:	Tim Waugh <twaugh>
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	rawhide	Keywords:	FutureFeature, Reopened
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Hardware:	i386
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	2.7.6-2.fc8	Doc Type:	Enhancement
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Last Closed:	2007-07-06 11:26:34 UTC	Type:	---
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Description Bernard Johnson 2006-04-14 22:14:36 UTC

Description of problem:
Without reportlab installed, cover sheets can not be created for hp-sendfax. 
Without the ability to customize cover sheets, the value of a program like
hp-sendfax is compromised.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
hplip-0.9.10-4

How reproducible:
always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. hp-sendfax
2.
3.
  
Actual results:
[bjohnson@localhost ~]$ hp-sendfax
 [ERROR]: Coverpages disabled. Reportlab not installed.

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 0.9.10)
PC Sendfax Utility ver. 1.7


Expected results:


Additional info:

Comment 1 Tim Waugh 2006-04-24 13:09:25 UTC

You can just 'yum install reportlab' to get it from Fedora Extras.  I don't
think we can have a Base package actually *require* an Extras package.

Comment 2 Bernard Johnson 2006-04-25 16:00:47 UTC

Oh, I didn't realize it was in extras.  I tried "yum install reportlab" as even
you suggested and assumed it was not available.  By the way, it's
python-reportlab, which is why I didn't find it ;)

I agree that you can't have a base package require an extras package.  It seems
to me, since it provides a vital piece of functionality for a base package that
maybe it should be in core. (Yeah, I know how people scream when that type of
thing is suggested).  I really don't know the exact criteria for doing such, so
just take this as MHO.

By the way, reportlab is borken anyway :)  bug #189894.

Comment 3 Bernard Johnson 2007-03-23 20:57:33 UTC

(In reply to comment #1)
> You can just 'yum install reportlab' to get it from Fedora Extras.  I don't
> think we can have a Base package actually *require* an Extras package.

This should be a non-issue with the core/extras merge coming up.

Comment 4 Bernard Johnson 2007-07-05 18:26:15 UTC

Any thoughts on putting this in F7 & rawhide now that merge is completed?

Comment 5 Tim Waugh 2007-07-06 11:26:34 UTC

Unfortunately the scanning stuff is in the main package, so the dependency needs
to go there.

Comment 6 Bernard Johnson 2007-07-06 17:32:39 UTC

If I understand it correctly, hp-sendfax runs fine without reportlab, you just
can't send a cover page without it.  But the interactive mode doesn't have any
way to use the cover page editor, so there doesn't need to be a dependency
there.  But you could put the dependency in the gui package because only the gui
mode of hp-scanfax has the ability to use it.  Did I miss something there?

Comment 7 Tim Waugh 2007-07-09 09:49:49 UTC

Ah, I see.  Fixed in 2.7.6-4.fc8.