new epson backend

On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 07:57:30 +0100
Mattias Ellert <
> >   Sane now recognizes the scanner and talks to it,
> >  but there are still issues I need to solve. I
revamped
> >  the backend a bit and since I'm sure I introduced
new bugs
> >  and/or breaked compatibility, I would like to
release it
> >  under a new name. Suggestions are appreciated.

 [...]

> The work needed to merge the new functionality into the
existing
> backend, though it might look to be much initially,
will most likely be
> less than the sum of the extra work needed for the
future maintenance
> for keeping the two backends consistent in the future.

 That work can be done, but what about testing? I don't
think
 we have every single Epson scanner. If at one point SANE
switches
 to this backend, there's the risk of being overwhelmed by
bug
 reports about scanners that were working just fine...

 Anyway, I'll post a patch in a few days so that others
 might evaluate it. 


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 Best regards,

 Alessandro Zummo,
  Tower Technologies - Turin, Italy

  http://www.towertech.it


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Just make your code/changes available and I can take a look
to see  
how complicated it would be to merge it with the standard
EPSON backend?

On Jan 25, 2006, at 5:16 AM, Alessandro Zummo wrote:

> On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 07:57:30 +0100
> Mattias Ellert <
>>>   Sane now recognizes the scanner and talks to
it,
>>>  but there are still issues I need to solve. I
revamped
>>>  the backend a bit and since I'm sure I
introduced new bugs
>>>  and/or breaked compatibility, I would like to
release it
>>>  under a new name. Suggestions are appreciated.
>
>  [...]
>
>> The work needed to merge the new functionality into
the existing
>> backend, though it might look to be much initially,
will most  
>> likely be
>> less than the sum of the extra work needed for the
future maintenance
>> for keeping the two backends consistent in the
future.
>
>  That work can be done, but what about testing? I don't
think
>  we have every single Epson scanner. If at one point
SANE switches
>  to this backend, there's the risk of being overwhelmed
by bug
>  reports about scanners that were working just fine...
>
>  Anyway, I'll post a patch in a few days so that others
>  might evaluate it.
>
>
> -- 
>
>  Best regards,
>
>  Alessandro Zummo,
>   Tower Technologies - Turin, Italy
>
>   http://www.towertech.it
>
>
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