Added comments to explain the reasons for not including these backends into SANE.

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 <henning@meier-geinitz.de>
 

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 <a href=\"http://fz.eryx.net/sane/#hp4200\">http://fz.eryx.net/sane/#hp4200</a>. 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,

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,

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,

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,

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
 

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

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