[sane-devel] API addition request

[Kai-Uwe Behrmann]

Am 20.06.09, 16:37 -0400 schrieb m. allan noah:
> On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Kai-Uwe Behrmann <ku.b at gmx.de> wrote:
>
>> Viannis SANE_CAP_COLOR is, in contrast to the below data structure, a macro
>> defined flag for the SANE_Option_Descriptor::cap.
>> The suggested flag is API and ABI backward compatible. So this change will
>> be a very light one.
>>
>
> yes- I dont think anyone will object to this. however, no backends will set

thanks

> the bit without a change, so then you are forced to assume it is always on,

Agreed, a patch covering the sane included backends should be created and 
proposed by us.

> even when it is off. If we make it part of a sane 2 standard, then we can
> require that backends set the bit properly.

Agreed for sane 2 to official support the SANE_CAP_COLOR flag.

kind regards
Kai-Uwe Behrmann
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