[sane-devel] Network protocol packet sizes

[Henning Meier-Geinitz]

Hi,

On Sat, Mar 16, 2002 at 08:58:15AM +0100, mh wrote:
> IMHO, it's not sufficient to have a single testbackend, e.g. if you want to 
> simulate the scan area options with different units (SANE_UNIT_MM, 
> SANE_UNIT_PIXEL) you'll probably need two testbackends. 

Maybe we can use compile-time options or environment variables to
change the behaviour of the test backend.

> It also seems, that some problems are often only triggered by "real" backends.
> I'm using various testbackends too (pnm + two of my own), however, I believe 
> that real testing can only be done by other people (willing to send a bug 
> report). At least I've always thought, that's the way open source development 
> works...

You are right but it doesn't hurt to avoid some errors before
bothering testers. 

Bye,
  Henning