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["Daniel Richard G." <skunk@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm happy to report that "apt-get install [kx]?ubuntu-desktop cups-" now
works on Oneiric! Thanks to everyone who made this happen.

The below four packages are still in Depends:, and are probably not
useful in an installation lacking a local printer, but they have a
smaller footprint:

    foomatic-db-compressed-ppds
    foomatic-filters
    openprinting-ppds
    pnm2ppa

(Of these, pnm2ppa is the most notable, since it asks debconf questions
---which in turn are relevant only to users with certain models of HP
printers.)

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/302272

Title:
  Downgrade "cups" to Recommends:

Status in “edubuntu-meta” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed
Status in “kubuntu-meta” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed
Status in “mythbuntu-meta” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “ubuntu-meta” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed
Status in “xubuntu-meta” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: ubuntu-desktop

  When setting up Ubuntu desktop systems in a corporate/institutional
  setting that happens to have a central CUPS server and networked
  printing infrastructure, it is desirable not to have cupsd (and all
  its associated weight) installed on the desktops, and instead
  configure cups-client (via /etc/cups/client.conf) to talk directly to
  the central server.

  Why? Ease of administration. The CUPS server is a fairly complex piece
  of software in its own right, and having one instance of it in a
  centrally-managed location is complicated enough without having
  basically the same piece of software running on every desktop. (This
  was made especially clear to me when I investigated how one sets the
  default print queue. There are potentially THREE places where this can
  be done: (1) on the client, in /etc/cups/lpoptions; (2) on the local
  CUPS server, via "lpadmin -d"; (3) on the central CUPS server. #1 and
  #3 are reasonable; #2 is just a headache waiting to happen.)

  Please downgrade "cups" to a recommendation of the -desktop package,
  so that the latter can be installed (and retained) sans CUPS server.

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