In fact, a first level of information around this is provided in Sane documentation, in file sane-backends.html
But, unless I'm wrong, there's no easy way to access this CVS file from the web, one can only read it after downloading Sane CVS, and it's hidden in a doc sub-directory, where no-one would go intuitively. The same table in Sane 1.0.19, accessible from the web, is now really outdated for certain backends (like pixma), and probably gives now a mis-information rather than an information. So my proposal would be: - have a link to the CVS sane-backends.html file from the CVS Alioth site or the sane-project site, - each one who updates a backend, to update also the corresponding backend.desc file, to keep this sane-backends.html information file in sync. Nicolas Le dimanche 26 octobre 2008 ? 20:15 -0400, m. allan noah a ?crit : > On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 5:59 PM, A B <gentosaker at gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello. > > I wanted to get me a scanner but I must say that finding a scanner > > with Linux support is not easy. The problem as I see it is most of all > > computershops not making it searchable to find "linux supported" > > hardware (and that is also something that one might discuss how that > > is defined), but also if you try to do it the other way around: find a > > scanner from the sane hardware listings. that is unfortunatly not > > easy. IMHO I'd like each scanner be dated in some way, when it is > > available on the market, perhaps? Perhaps also price (if that is > > available)? I do not know. But I do know that filtering out old stuff > > would help alot. > > This is perhaps just very web-2.0-ish, but I'd think it would be a good > > thing. > > yes, this is a good idea. Perhaps several pieces of info could be > added: min/max resolution, bit depth, price range, regions of > availability, if the model is still currently sold, etc. > Unfortunately, we have 1500 scanners in our lists, and no volunteers > to either compile this info or produce a system to update it. You > interested? > > allan > -- > "The truth is an offense, but not a sin" >
