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[Nicolas DERIVE <kalon33@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Starting with Xenial, lsb compatibility packages were dropped (besides
lsb-release and lsb-base):

lsb (9.20150826) unstable; urgency=low

  * Drop all the LSB compatibility packages besides lsb-release and lsb-base
    - Drop packages-availability checking in lsb-release
    - Truncate README.Debian to a minimum
    - Document this in lsb-base.NEWS.Debian
  * Change the versioning number to avoid any ambiguity; use joeyh's
    version.date, with version being Debian next stable's

 -- Didier Raboud <odyx@xxxxxxxxxx>  Wed, 26 Aug 2015 12:00:00 +0200

The problem is that downloadable printer drivers (like the ones from
Openprinting, but also from other available providers) that are
suggested when installing a printer on Ubuntu depends on lsb, which is
not available anymore:

epson-inkjet-printer-201106w:
 Dépend: lsb (>=3.2) but it is not installable

This triggers a regression where it is not possible to setup a printer
this way (downloading a driver where no local driver is available)
anymore.

I see two possible solutions:

- Add a proper replaces field to one of the remaining lsb-* packages, to
hopefully fix missing lsb package (maybe it would be useful to also
replace other compability packages that are not built anymore).

- Re-introduce LSB compatibility packages, but that might be an
overkill.

** Affects: lsb
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: lsb (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: system-config-printer (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: regression xenial

** Description changed:

- Starting with Xenial, lsb compatibility packages were dropped recently
- (besides lsb-release and lsb-base):
+ Starting with Xenial, lsb compatibility packages were dropped (besides
+ lsb-release and lsb-base):
  
  lsb (9.20150826) unstable; urgency=low
  
-   * Drop all the LSB compatibility packages besides lsb-release and lsb-base
-     - Drop packages-availability checking in lsb-release
-     - Truncate README.Debian to a minimum
-     - Document this in lsb-base.NEWS.Debian
-   * Change the versioning number to avoid any ambiguity; use joeyh's
-     version.date, with version being Debian next stable's
+   * Drop all the LSB compatibility packages besides lsb-release and lsb-base
+     - Drop packages-availability checking in lsb-release
+     - Truncate README.Debian to a minimum
+     - Document this in lsb-base.NEWS.Debian
+   * Change the versioning number to avoid any ambiguity; use joeyh's
+     version.date, with version being Debian next stable's
  
-  -- Didier Raboud <odyx@xxxxxxxxxx>  Wed, 26 Aug 2015 12:00:00 +0200
+  -- Didier Raboud <odyx@xxxxxxxxxx>  Wed, 26 Aug 2015 12:00:00 +0200
  
- 
- The problem is that downloadable printer drivers (like the ones from Openprinting, but also from other available providers) that are suggested when installing a printer on Ubuntu depends on lsb, which is not available anymore:
+ The problem is that downloadable printer drivers (like the ones from
+ Openprinting, but also from other available providers) that are
+ suggested when installing a printer on Ubuntu depends on lsb, which is
+ not available anymore:
  
  epson-inkjet-printer-201106w:
-  Dépend: lsb (>=3.2) but it is not installable
+  Dépend: lsb (>=3.2) but it is not installable
  
  This triggers a regression where it is not possible to setup a printer
  this way (downloading a driver where no local driver is available)
  anymore.
  
- 
- I see two possible solutions: 
+ I see two possible solutions:
  
  - Add a proper replaces field to one of the remaining lsb-* packages, to
  hopefully fix missing lsb package (maybe it would be useful to also
  replace other compability packages that are not built anymore).
  
  - Re-introduce LSB compatibility packages, but that might be an
  overkill.

** Also affects: lsb
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: system-config-printer (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1536353

Title:
  [regression] Printer drivers install is broken as lsb package is not
  available anymore

Status in lsb:
  New
Status in lsb package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in system-config-printer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Starting with Xenial, lsb compatibility packages were dropped (besides
  lsb-release and lsb-base):

  lsb (9.20150826) unstable; urgency=low

    * Drop all the LSB compatibility packages besides lsb-release and lsb-base
      - Drop packages-availability checking in lsb-release
      - Truncate README.Debian to a minimum
      - Document this in lsb-base.NEWS.Debian
    * Change the versioning number to avoid any ambiguity; use joeyh's
      version.date, with version being Debian next stable's

   -- Didier Raboud <odyx@xxxxxxxxxx>  Wed, 26 Aug 2015 12:00:00 +0200

  The problem is that downloadable printer drivers (like the ones from
  Openprinting, but also from other available providers) that are
  suggested when installing a printer on Ubuntu depends on lsb, which is
  not available anymore:

  epson-inkjet-printer-201106w:
   Dépend: lsb (>=3.2) but it is not installable

  This triggers a regression where it is not possible to setup a printer
  this way (downloading a driver where no local driver is available)
  anymore.

  I see two possible solutions:

  - Add a proper replaces field to one of the remaining lsb-* packages,
  to hopefully fix missing lsb package (maybe it would be useful to also
  replace other compability packages that are not built anymore).

  - Re-introduce LSB compatibility packages, but that might be an
  overkill.

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