Re: printing

On Thu, 2026-01-15 at 07:41 -0500, Richard wrote:
> On 1/14/26 6:34 AM, Rainer Fiebig ([email protected] via blfs-support 
> Mailing List) wrote:
> > Am 13.01.26 um 21:31 schrieb Richard ([email protected] via blfs-support
> > Mailing List):
> > 
> > / snip /
> > 
> > > I was finally able to get hplip-3.25.8 to build and install, but
> > > I had
> > > to find
> > > and correct errors in 13 different files that were supplied.
> > > It is a mystery to me how anyone on the list was able to get this
> > > software
> > > working without first correcting these errors. I am also amazed
> > > that
> > > source code so full of errors would be released by the hp
> > > developers.
> > > Maybe (or probably) I am missing something simple that avoids
> > > these
> > > issues ...
> > > Since discussions about hplip are not well tolerated on the list,
> > > if anyone
> > You received several constructive replies, so this doesn't seem a
> > fair
> > assessment.
> > 
> > > is interested in what I did I am glad to supply the details by
> > > private
> > > email.
> > This thread and your offer will soon be forgotten.  So it might be
> > better to write a "Hint".  That way more users would profit from
> > your
> > solution.  It would also offer a chance to review what was needed
> > to
> > make hplip work for you and thus perhaps get to the (real) reason
> > for
> > the problem.
> > 
> > Rainer
> > 
> > 
> 
> I would need to upload my .zip file containing the 13 files I
> modified (with intenal comments showing the changes),
> a simple script I used to copy the modified files to the
> hplip source, and a readme file in order to explain what
> I did. Is it ok to upload my .zip file to a lfs hint? I've not
> made a hint before, but it seems the attachments are mostly
> patches and scripts.

Why not just make a patch which shows the diff between the upstream
hplip source and the modified one (including comments)?

Maybe I am missing something here.

Regards
Pierre

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