[sane-devel] First available backend for hp3900 series (unstable)

[Henning Meier-Geinitz]

Hi,

On Mon, Dec 26, 2005 at 10:58:08PM +0100, JKD wrote:
> At least HP Scanjet 3970c works with my backend. There are two more
> scanners wich use a Realtek RTS8822 chipset:
> 
>   - HP Scanjet 4070 Photosmart
>   - HP Scanjet 4370
> 
> The first one seems to be equal to hp3970c. The second one uses a
> diferent RTS8822 chipset model. But I don't have those scanners so I
> didn't test them. That's why I added such scanners in hp3900.conf, to give
> people choice to test them before inclusion into sane-backends.

Ok, I listed the 3970 as minimal and the others as untested:
http://www.sane-project.org/lists/sane-backends-external.html#S-HP3900

> > To my mind the readme is a bit misleading. Setting BACKENDS is
> > absolutely necessary, because you don't provide a patch for
> > configure(.in) to add the backend to the lists of backends.
> 
> Well, I followed backend-writing.txt, section "CHECKLIST: SUBMITTING A
> NEW BACKEND" for editing necessary files and it does not mention
> anything to edit in configure(.in). Editing such files may sound obvious
> but it could be a good idea to add that explanation into that section,
> under line "In sane-backends/" for those developers who come from
> windows systems and aren't familiarized with SANE project.

Thanks for the hint. I added some notes about this.

Bye,
  Henning