GNOME Printer setup tool

[Till Kamppeter]

On 07/06/2017 01:30 PM, Sebastien Bacher wrote:
 > The bugs you listed don't seem too serious, at least some are minor
 > annoyances (the title bar issue of the details windows for example). Do
 > you feel good enough about the GNOME settings UI today that you think we
 > could recommend it and stop including the system-config-printer GUI on
 > the default installation? Or do you think we should keep it around
 > because some users might still need it for some reasons or some of the
 > bugs in your lists needs really to be fixed first (alls? some? which 
ones?)?

Some are important to not loose features when switching over, but the 
other should at least be done before the 18.04 LTS for usability 
reasons. Here is what I think is needed for the switchover to GNOME's tool:

On 07/05/2017 08:08 PM, Till Kamppeter wrote:
> 
> Here we go:
> 
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784556
> Changing option defaults is inconsistent
> 

Bug, should be done before switching over.

> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784562
> "Printer Details" dialog has no title bar, no "OK", "Cancel", and 
> "Close" button, requires ESC key to close
> 

Usability, should be done for the 18.04 LTS. But this is rather ugly 
(and also a bug) and so it should be prioritized under the usability issues.

> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784563
> "Search for Drivers" button in "Printer Details" dialog does nothing
> 

Ugly bug, should be done before switching over.

> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784565
> No "Server Settings" dialog in the printer setup tool
> 

Loss of a feature, should be done before switching over.

> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784571
> No way to distinguish between personal and system-wide printer settings
>

Bug, should be done before switching over.

> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784572
> Default printer should be prominently marked
> 

Usability, should be done for the 18.04 LTS.

> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784574
> Description and Location fields of CUPS queues should be shown in 
> printer list
> 

Usability, should be done for the 18.04 LTS.

> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784575
> List of discovered/detected printers in add-printer dialog is cluttered 
> by SMB entries of local printers
> 

Very awkward, should be done before switching over.

> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784582
> No confirmation dialog when removing a printer

Usability, should be done for the 18.04 LTS.

    Till