On Dec 21, 2007 8:55 AM, Alessandro Zummo <azummo-lists at towertech.it> wrote: > On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:56:40 -0500 > "m. allan noah" <kitno455 at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > its a good idea if we use a well-known boolean option to control it. > > if we add a function call, then we have to add that function to every > > backend, including external ones. i am specifically trying to avoid > > that. > > in theory that function call will be called only if the backend > has version >= 1.1, so external backends would not require it. > > or I am missing something? >
well, i wanted to minimize the changes to front-ends, other than dropping unknown frame types. also, this sets up a precedent for backends needing to have 'modes' where they support historical versions of the sane standard. in this case, that is not a problem, but in the future, it might be. are you proposing that we update every backend in sane with this function- because they are all going to get their minor version number bumped to 1, to match their new sonames... allan -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"
