[sane-devel] Sane Release 1.1.0 ?

[Julien BLACHE]

stef <stef.dev at free.fr> wrote:

Hi,

> 	Whenever a frontend built against SANE 1.0 receive one of the new status, it 
> shows the error properly. Like SANE_STATUS_COVER_OPEN, JAMMED or NO_DOCS, in 
> case of SANE_STATUS_WARMING_UP user has to correct the error condition (in 
> this case just by waiting) before starting a new scan. When the error 
> condition is fixed (scanner is warm enough), the scan goes normally.

I am worried this can break automated frontends in a semi-random way
as it's possible with some hardware to get back a "warming up" status
in a middle of a run.

Although the frontends can be fixed pretty easily, it violates the
principle of least surprise, and it's kind of a problem.

JB.

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