[sane-devel] API addition request

[jeffrey.ratcliffe at gmail.com]

On Jun 22, 2009 2:04am, "m. allan noah" <kitno455 at gmail.com> wrote:
> unless the pages are single sided prints. it would seem that only the  
> user could know that information, so it is probably a good idea to ask  
> them instead of the backend...

Absolutely. I was explaining why the flatbed/ADF/duplex flags were useful.

> Well, if we dont use params, our only choice with the current API is more  
> well-known options. One advantage of moving maintained backends to a new  
> package would be the possibility of regularizing/requiring such options...

Indeed. If the option names were standardised, then this would the problem  
on its own.

Regards

Jeff
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