Comments on: Picasa for Linux http://blogs.gnome.org/gnome-scan/2007/06/28/picasa-for-linux/ Make scanning as easy as printing for both users and developers Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:50:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Johannes Berg http://blogs.gnome.org/gnome-scan/2007/06/28/picasa-for-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Johannes Berg Fri, 06 Jul 2007 12:32:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/gnome-scan/2007/06/28/picasa-for-linux/#comment-41 Étienne, sorry, I didn't read the comments. If you want to continue discussing then we should probably take to email: johannes -at- sipsolutions -dot- net.<br/><br/>A while ago I analysed sane a bit more in-depth and realised that the whole distinction between local and network backends is flawed, it is bad for security (for example with scsi scanners you need full scsi access for every user) and also for other reasons.<br/><br/>Hence, imho the only way to get out of the sane dilemma is to come up with a new sane standard that uses technology such as d-bus or other IPC even locally (images could be passed via shm in the local case, but this should be transparent to the application writer), and a scanner daemon that is invoked on-demand (again something d-bus perfectly handles).<br/><br/>The sane developers have previously said that things such as scanner buttons aren't manageable with IPC, but I strongly disagree, d-bus provides signals etc. Étienne, sorry, I didn’t read the comments. If you want to continue discussing then we should probably take to email: johannes -at- sipsolutions -dot- net.

A while ago I analysed sane a bit more in-depth and realised that the whole distinction between local and network backends is flawed, it is bad for security (for example with scsi scanners you need full scsi access for every user) and also for other reasons.

Hence, imho the only way to get out of the sane dilemma is to come up with a new sane standard that uses technology such as d-bus or other IPC even locally (images could be passed via shm in the local case, but this should be transparent to the application writer), and a scanner daemon that is invoked on-demand (again something d-bus perfectly handles).

The sane developers have previously said that things such as scanner buttons aren’t manageable with IPC, but I strongly disagree, d-bus provides signals etc.

]]> By: Étienne Bersac http://blogs.gnome.org/gnome-scan/2007/06/28/picasa-for-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Étienne Bersac Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:27:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/gnome-scan/2007/06/28/picasa-for-linux/#comment-39 Hi Johannes,<br/><br/>SANE option handling is quite well designed. However, i fully agree, that it needs an update to handle such case. But it was hard to predict the future.<br/><br/>SANE really needs to be used in the desktop in order to evolve. I wish gnome-scan will help SANE people to be aware of the huge value of scanner support. Hi Johannes,

SANE option handling is quite well designed. However, i fully agree, that it needs an update to handle such case. But it was hard to predict the future.

SANE really needs to be used in the desktop in order to evolve. I wish gnome-scan will help SANE people to be aware of the huge value of scanner support.

]]> By: Johannes Berg http://blogs.gnome.org/gnome-scan/2007/06/28/picasa-for-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Johannes Berg Fri, 29 Jun 2007 05:51:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/gnome-scan/2007/06/28/picasa-for-linux/#comment-38 SANE well-designed? Make it handle my scanner with four colours (RGB, infrared) and we'll talk about well-designed. Or a proper networking protocol. Or maybe scanner buttons? SANE well-designed? Make it handle my scanner with four colours (RGB, infrared) and we’ll talk about well-designed. Or a proper networking protocol. Or maybe scanner buttons?

]]> By: Étienne Bersac http://blogs.gnome.org/gnome-scan/2007/06/28/picasa-for-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Étienne Bersac Thu, 28 Jun 2007 22:22:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/gnome-scan/2007/06/28/picasa-for-linux/#comment-37 Hi Kim,<br/><br/>The news was the repository for tons of distros and the availability of google-desktop-linux. Sorry for that details, but the freshness of picasa for linux is not the subject of the thread, that's more about SANE through its use in picasa.<br/><br/>Regards,<br/>Étienne? Hi Kim,

The news was the repository for tons of distros and the availability of google-desktop-linux. Sorry for that details, but the freshness of picasa for linux is not the subject of the thread, that’s more about SANE through its use in picasa.

Regards,
Étienne?

]]> By: Kim Schulz http://blogs.gnome.org/gnome-scan/2007/06/28/picasa-for-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Kim Schulz Thu, 28 Jun 2007 22:14:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/gnome-scan/2007/06/28/picasa-for-linux/#comment-36 What do you mean with "news about picasa for linux"??? picasa for linux has been out for ages and it is still the same old version you can download from their page (picasa.google.com/linux/) What do you mean with “news about picasa for linux”??? picasa for linux has been out for ages and it is still the same old version you can download from their page (picasa.google.com/linux/)

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