[Bug 633780] use "--enable-pthread" for sane-backends (required by mustek_usb2 backend)

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=633780 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=633780#c4 Johannes Meixner changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Component|Other |Other Version|Final |Factory Product|openSUSE 11.3 |openSUSE 11.4 Summary|sane-backends contains |use "--enable-pthread" for |misleading mustek_usb2.desc |sane-backends (required by |file |mustek_usb2 backend) Severity|Minor |Enhancement --- Comment #4 from Johannes Meixner 2010-09-22 10:49:26 UTC --- But Julien BLACHE (sane-backends maintainer for Debian) responds -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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sane-backends in Debian has been using pthread since Feb 2009.

I assume there have been no issues because of this (otherwise you would have told us).

Nope, no issues so far.

Now I think about --enable-pthread for the next openSUSE version and if there are bug reports because of this I could switch back to the default.

Threads are actually better from a "least surprise" PoV; big applications are already threaded so it's not an issue for them, small applications aren't threaded so it's usually not a problem here either. fork()ing, on the other hand, can have quite some side-effects. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- see the sane-devel mailing list thread about "pros and cons regarding --enable-pthread for Linux" Therefore for openSUSE 11.4 beta phase I will use "--enable-pthread" and then let's see if we get reports about issues... -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.