[sane-devel] API addition request
Julien BLACHE
jb at jblache.org
Thu Aug 19 16:22:58 UTC 2010
Kai-Uwe Behrmann <ku.b at gmx.de> wrote:
> The patches are for SANE only and have API and ABI wise not much side
> effects. Most apps will work as usual. Some apps can make use of the
> additional informations from the patch. But there is no requirement to
> do so.
>
> Is SANE already frozen?
SANE 1 has always been frozen, and an attempt at thawing it a bit to
extend the API/ABI in a backward-compatible way has failed
spectacularly.
So unless we want to restart that effort, I don't see how your patch can
get merged in SANE 1.
Not that I don't want it, note.
JB.
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