[sane-devel] SANE2, what do we want ?

[Jon Chambers]

On Friday 28 March 2008, Julien BLACHE wrote:
> > 	I'm rather inclined to the "3" goal, since I feel there are
> > quite a few things to do to improve SANE. Having a new standard
> > doesn't mean SANE 1 stops to exist. Both can coexist.
> Do you really think there is the needed manpower to co-maintain 2
> versions of SANE?

To expand slightly on a previously made point: supposing a new 
(non-backward-compatible) standard were to be agreed upon then two 
glue/compatibility adaptors could be written:
1. connect SANE1 frontends to SANEX backends
2. connect SANEX-only frontends to SANE1 backends

This handles the cases of binary/abandoned front and back ends.  I suspect 
that hard bit will deciding all-new standard...

My 2p's worth...

cheers,
Jon

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