Integrate libsane and sane into Solaris [PSARC/2008/170 FastTrack timeout 03/11/2008]

[Garrett D'Amore]

Lei Chen wrote:
> Scott Rotondo wrote:
>> Lei Chen wrote:
>>> Norm Jacobs wrote:
>>>>    Are you contemplating consumers outside of this project?
>>> I will update the proposal to promote the stability level.
>>>
>>>>    Will there be any 64-bit support?
>>> No, because libusb, one of the dependent library of libsane, is lack 
>>> of 64 bit version. Please file a RFE in solaris/library/libusb and 
>>> mention libsane if you have strong requirements.
>>
>> This is probably answered in another ARC case, but is there any good 
>> reason we don't have a 64-bit version of libusb?
> I checked the PSARC case log of libusb and didn't find any discussion 
> about 64-bit version. I don't have much background knowledge of this 
> issue either, sorry.

This is a tangent discussion, and yes, it should be addressed (but not 
necessarily here).  All public APIs are supposed to have 64-bit support 
unless there is some *really* compelling reason why this is not needed.  
I don't believe that this is the case in the libusb.

Lacking ARC approval to not ship 64-bit support, I think this project 
should file a bug against libusb for 64-bit support, and declare that 
bug as a dependency.

    -- Garrett