diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 2991ac43c..486cc8ef0 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ dead for years. No response from author. * doc/descriptions-external/onetouch8600.desc: Removed. Website is dead. No response from author. + * doc/descriptions-external/hp4200.desc + doc/descriptions-external/hpoj.desc + doc/descriptions-external/niash.desc + doc/descriptions-external/primax.desc + doc/descriptions-external/scanwit.desc + doc/descriptions-external/v4l2.desc + doc/descriptions-external/viceo.desc: Added comments to explain + the reasons for not including these backends into SANE. 2003-04-16 Henning Meier-Geinitz diff --git a/doc/descriptions-external/hp4200.desc b/doc/descriptions-external/hp4200.desc index 23214e8fb..7982508dc 100644 --- a/doc/descriptions-external/hp4200.desc +++ b/doc/descriptions-external/hp4200.desc @@ -7,13 +7,14 @@ ; ; ":backend" *must* be specified. ; All other information is optional (but what good is the file without it?). -; + :backend "hp4200" ; name of backend ;:version "0.1" ; version of backend :status :alpha ; :alpha, :beta, :stable, :new ; :manpage "sane-hp4200" ; name of manpage (if it exists) :url "http://hp4200-backend.sourceforge.net" ; backend's web page +:comment "Patches for newer versions of SANE are available from http://fz.eryx.net/sane/#hp4200. This backend is not yet included because nobody who owns such a scanner wants to maintain it." :devicetype :scanner ; start of a list of devices.... ; other types: :stillcam, :vidcam, diff --git a/doc/descriptions-external/hpoj.desc b/doc/descriptions-external/hpoj.desc index 4b1fb525c..3ee8a43a6 100644 --- a/doc/descriptions-external/hpoj.desc +++ b/doc/descriptions-external/hpoj.desc @@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ ;:version "(external)" ; version of backend :status :beta ; :alpha, :beta, :stable, :new :url "http://hpoj.sourceforge.net/" ; backend's web page +:comment "This backend isn't included because the authors of hpoj want to keep the backend together with the rest of the hpoj project. See the hpoj website for the latest releases." + + :devicetype :scanner ; start of a list of devices.... ; other types: :stillcam, :vidcam, diff --git a/doc/descriptions-external/niash.desc b/doc/descriptions-external/niash.desc index e63ce0dd7..f5d03c3ae 100644 --- a/doc/descriptions-external/niash.desc +++ b/doc/descriptions-external/niash.desc @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ :status :alpha ; :alpha, :beta, :stable, :new ;:manpage "sane-niash" ; name of manpage (if it exists) :url "http://sourceforge.net/projects/hp3300backend" ; backend's web page +:comment "This backend is not included yet because the author wants to do some code clean-up and bug fixes before adding the backend to SANE. See the hp3300 website for the latest information." :devicetype :scanner ; start of a list of devices.... ; other types: :stillcam, :vidcam, diff --git a/doc/descriptions-external/primax.desc b/doc/descriptions-external/primax.desc index 7472ffba5..06cc4091f 100644 --- a/doc/descriptions-external/primax.desc +++ b/doc/descriptions-external/primax.desc @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ :status :beta ; :alpha, :beta, :stable, :new ;:manpage "sane-primax" ; name of manpage (if it exists) :url "http://px-backend.sourceforge.net" ; backend's web page +:comment "This backend is not included because it depends on the code of the primax command line program. Therefore the author want's to keep it in the primax CVS tree." :devicetype :scanner ; start of a list of devices.... ; other types: :stillcam, :vidcam, diff --git a/doc/descriptions-external/scanwit.desc b/doc/descriptions-external/scanwit.desc index 5b1d37d41..1501d325a 100644 --- a/doc/descriptions-external/scanwit.desc +++ b/doc/descriptions-external/scanwit.desc @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ :status :alpha ; :alpha, :beta, :stable, :new ; ;:manpage "sane-ibm" ; name of manpage (if it exists) +:comment "The backend is not included because it lacks code for safe detection of the scanner and documentation." :devicetype :scanner diff --git a/doc/descriptions-external/v4l2.desc b/doc/descriptions-external/v4l2.desc index d954028c2..ae37b1cb2 100644 --- a/doc/descriptions-external/v4l2.desc +++ b/doc/descriptions-external/v4l2.desc @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ :status :alpha ; :alpha, :beta, :stable, :new ;:manpage "sane-v4l2" ; name of manpage (if it exists) :url "http://video.inodes.org/sane-v4l2/" ; backend's web page +:comment "The status of this backend is unknown. It hasn't been updated for years. The v4l2 API is now in Linux 2.5. but it's not clear if the v4l2 backend is compatible to that API." :devicetype :api ; specify a different type :desc "Interface to Video For Linux 2 API" ; describe a non-hardware device diff --git a/doc/descriptions-external/viceo.desc b/doc/descriptions-external/viceo.desc index ed834fd0a..6864b56db 100644 --- a/doc/descriptions-external/viceo.desc +++ b/doc/descriptions-external/viceo.desc @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ ;:manpage "sane-viceo" ; name of manpage (if it exists) :url "mailto:viceo@stevencherie.net" ; backend's web page :url "http://viceo.orcon.net.nz/" -:comment "Supports E3 and E4 family USB scanners from Genius, Primax, IBM" +:comment "Supports E3 and E4 family USB scanners from Genius, Primax, IBM. The backend is not included because the license situation is unclear." :devicetype :scanner