From kde-core-devel Sat Mar 29 11:31:12 2008 From: John Layt Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 11:31:12 +0000 To: kde-core-devel Subject: Re: Glimpse in kdereview Message-Id: <200803291131.12283.johnlayt () yahoo ! com ! au> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=120679024916251 On Thursday 27 March 2008, Kåre Särs wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 2:55 PM, Kåre Särs wrote: > > > Glimpse is a simple scan application that only scans and saves images > > > (no OCR). Glimpse uses libksane from extragears (not libkscan). > extragears/graphics or kdegraphics (kdegraphics would mean that libksane > would have to move to). I don't know what the kdegraphics policies are, but I want to raise the question of whether we should have two libraries in kdegraphics performing exactly the same function, especially when libkscan is apparently being worked on again (but not in trunk?). While I appreciate that libkscan was unmaintained when you started and may not have met your or Digikam's needs (and your work is certainly appreciated), I'm reluctant to see a situation arise where we are supporting two competing libraries without a clear idea of where we are heading. True, this is kdegraphics and not kdelibs, so the policy is more liberal, but by providing both these as libraries for developers to use we're surely making some promises around them with regards to ongoing support and stability? Perhaps you can give us a better overview of the differences between libksane and libkscan and why we should have both in kdegraphics? What are the future plans for libksane? Do you see libksane eventually replacing a deprecated libkscan with advanced features like OCR left to apps to implement? Note I have no objections to Glimpse itself, the split between simple and advanced scan apps makes sense to me, it's the libraries I have concerns about. Cheers! John. P.S. While we're on the issue, how is scanning currently being supported under Windows and OSX? If we had a library that was cross-platform by using the native Win/OSX dialogs/drivers like QPrintDialog does, then it could be a candidate for kdelibs? -- Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com