<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body><div>Hi,</div><div><br>Am 16. August 2026 um 21:00 schrieb "James Ring" <<a href="mailto:sjr@jdns.org?to=%22James%20Ring%22%20%3Csjr%40jdns.org%3E" target="_blank" tabindex="-1">sjr@jdns.org</a>>:</div><blockquote>Hi all,<br><br>Is there any interest in requiring C11 or later in sane-backends? It<br>would be nice to be able to delete sane's copies of e.g. snprintf,<br>getenv.<br><br>How about cleaning up the build a bit? Perhaps moving away from<br>autotools and towards something like cmake?<br><br>I have some free time coming up and I'd be interested in helping the<br>sane project in these or any other ways where there's a need.<br><br>Thanks,<br>James</blockquote><div><br></div><div>I'm wondering if working on some backend without maintainer would be something you could do? I've got the impression that certain backends could benefit a lot.</div><div><br></div><div>Simon</div></body></html>