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Re: [hfdb] Re: Grand Unified Hardware Database
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James K. Lowden |
Subject: |
Re: [hfdb] Re: Grand Unified Hardware Database |
Date: |
Mon, 19 Jul 2004 23:28:07 -0400 |
On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 17:54:49 +0200, Till Kamppeter
<address@hidden> wrote:
> Richard Stallman wrote:
> > We put simply driver lists into the entries, as shown above. In
> > the Foomatic database the <driver> entry is the recommended
> > driver,
> >
> > There can't be one "recommended" driver once we support multiple
> > systems. Something else has to be done.
> >
> >
>
> The recommended driver on linuxprinting.org is the one which makes the
> printer working best, it usually gives the highest output quality.
...
> ... But a driver recommendation can also
> depend on other things (best output quality, fastest, most user-settable
>
> options, ...), so the comment text should contain additional info if
> there are also other recommended drivers and why they are recommended.
Another way to look at this is through the DriverFeature/DeviceFeature
coverage ratio. IOW, the "recommended driver" is really an editorial
statement representing a weighted score of the drivers' capabilities. It
would be interesting to render a score based on the driver's feature set,
and let the best score win. I think RMS's point was partly that it's
infeasible if the data aren't readily available.
--jkl
- Re: [hfdb] Re: Grand Unified Hardware Database, (continued)
- Re: [hfdb] Re: Grand Unified Hardware Database, Zenaan Harkness, 2004/07/24
- Re: [hfdb] Re: Grand Unified Hardware Database, James K. Lowden, 2004/07/25
- Re: [hfdb] Re: Grand Unified Hardware Database, Zenaan Harkness, 2004/07/25
- Re: [hfdb] Re: Grand Unified Hardware Database, James K. Lowden, 2004/07/26
- Re: [hfdb] Re: Grand Unified Hardware Database, Zenaan Harkness, 2004/07/26
- Re: [hfdb] Re: Grand Unified Hardware Database, James K. Lowden, 2004/07/26
- Re: [hfdb] Re: Grand Unified Hardware Database, Zenaan Harkness, 2004/07/26
- Re: [hfdb] Re: Grand Unified Hardware Database, James K. Lowden, 2004/07/27
[hfdb] Re: Grand Unified Hardware Database, Till Kamppeter, 2004/07/19