On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 7:53 PM, Alesh Slovak <alesh.slovak at avasys.jp> wrote: > OK, so this thread has sort of exploded.
yes- there is a bit of frustration here :) > So the idea so far, is that we want to install the udev/HAL rules generation > tool (with some possible modifications) along with all the .desc files. > > We also need to provide some standard location for third parties to place > their .desc files, because the rules will need to be regenerated if say, > SANE is upgraded. Perhaps a sub-directory under /usr/share/sane? uhg- I don't like that idea. I think it should be possible to place these third-party rules files someplace that they won't get wiped out by a sane-backends upgrade, rather than having to append some magic someplace to call a script. > While this does not address the root of the problem as Johannes indicates, > it should fix one aspect of it and hopefully reduce the number of > permissions related questions SANE and distros get from users while allowing > epkowa and other third parties to safely and reliably support any > distribution that actually implements these changes. Agreed in principle. The devil is in the details, however. allan -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"
