On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:06:09 -0500 "m. allan noah" <kitno455 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > only mechanism we have is a well-known option. instead of a boolean, > > > how about a string list- then a backend can report what versions of > > > the standard it supports, and the frontend or user can chose. > > > > I guess that would work! :) > > > > actually- this idea is growing on me. it prevents the need to fork > sane and do a separate 1.1 branch- we can require that the new frame > types be protected by '--standard=1.1', and that well-known option can > have a warning, and front-ends that dont support certain minor > versions of the standard can hide them, and front-ends that do can > enable them by default. no bump in the SONAME keeps external backends > happy. > > there must be some downsides, however- opinions? seems fine to me, this would surely help older frontends. -- Best regards, Alessandro Zummo, Tower Technologies - Torino, Italy http://www.towertech.it