On Sun, 2006-12-17 at 19:37 +0100, Frank Zago wrote: > Alessandro Zummo wrote: > > On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 15:02:19 +0100 > > Jochen Eisinger <joc...@penguin-breeder.org> wrote: > > > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> Alessandro Zummo wrote: > >> > >>> I'd appreciate if everyone who is interested can reply > >>> with their own commitments for the 2007.. ehm.. sane2 :) > >>> > >> I'm quite surprised to hear there is a sane2 standard - at least one > >> that we can easily start to implement. > >> > >> I don't think it's a good idea to start hacking something before it's > >> clear we have a standard that will support us for the next few years. > >> > > > > you're right. my idea is to rally up some developers > > and then define the standard. only then we should start > > hacking. > > > > however, defining the standard without the developers > > will not lead us to anything useful. > > > > some people has committed the time necessary to > > port to sane2 the first bunch of drivers. > > > > we are currently missing coders for > > - all of sanei/* (i'll take sanei_tcp) > > - the build system (configure, makefile et al) > > - X11 frontends > > > > > > I believe the right approach is to fork the existing tree and start > fixing and adding functionalities to it. That way you'll keep something > that works all the time, saving many headaches. > As or for the sane2 standard, it's only just a piece of paper right now. > Coding should determine what will stay and what will go away, not the > opposite (cathedral vs bazaar). > > Frank. > >
One other step is to check which bugreports can be solved before such a fork. -- -------- m.vr.gr. Gerard Klaver
