Re: libsane-pnm bugs?

becka@rz.uni-duesseldorf.de
Wed, 10 Feb 1999 11:31:47 +0100 (MET)

Hi !

> So, you can see that having a very controllable datasource would be
> helpful for debugging this sort of thing :-)

Yes. Actually the PNM backend was intended to be just that and a reference
implementation, from which it is far away as it is now.

> I could put in a predefined bitstream and know /precisely/ what the driver
> was going to give me :-)
> (Okay, okay, I know you're saying that I could get the same results with a
> well-known PNM and a driver without 'helpful additions' :-))

Yes, but go ahead. It never hurts to have more test programs.

We found quite some funny small bugs in some drivers with the netsane stuff,
so ...

CU, Andy

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Andreas Beck              |  Email :  <Andreas.Beck@ggi-project.org>

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