Automatic printer driver download should support signed packages
The OpenPrinting web site provides the first manufacturer-
Jockey supports downloading packages from OpenPrinting but has no support for verifying signatures. To enable downloading manufacturer-
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Complete
- Approver:
- Michael Vogt
- Priority:
- Medium
- Drafter:
- Martin Pitt
- Direction:
- Approved
- Assignee:
- Martin Pitt
- Definition:
- Approved
- Series goal:
- Accepted for natty
- Implementation:
-
Implemented
- Milestone target:
-
ubuntu-11.04-beta-1
- Started by
- Martin Pitt
- Completed by
- Martin Pitt
Related branches
Whiteboard
Work items:
extend OpenPrintingDri
for signed packages, fetch URL of fingerprint from OpenPrinting query result, key, check fingerprint, and install it into /etc/apt/
check package.
test with Epson printer driver on real system: DONE
provide progress bar feedback while updating apt indexes after adding a new repository: DONE
write a local test case for this: DONE
do upstream jockey release: DONE
upload to Ubuntu: DONE
Status:
Necessary infrastructure provided by jockey 0.7 upstream now (https:/
Test case:
dbus-send --print-reply --dest=