<div dir="ltr">Hi Rolf,<div><br></div><div>I too benefitted from your fantastic work. Thank you so much and best wishes!!!</div><div><br></div><div>-Kip</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 1:35 PM Ulf Zibis <<a href="mailto:Ulf.Zibis@gmx.de">Ulf.Zibis@gmx.de</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi Rolf,<br>
<br>
from me also big thanks for all your work and any wiches, that your future plans will fulfill.<br>
<br>
I'm also one of many, who benefitted from your PPA.<br>
Will this kept alive, or are you able to redirekt the admin role to any other person?<br>
<br>
All the best,<br>
Ulf<br>
<br>
Am 24.08.20 um 17:15 schrieb Rolf Bensch:<br>
> Hi,<br>
><br>
> Congratulations to all who contributed his/her ideas, code and at least<br>
> time for the new SANE release.<br>
><br>
> After having some time with reflecting my after-work activities, I<br>
> decided to say Goodbye to the SANE project, especially as maintainer for<br>
> the pixma backend.<br>
><br>
> If somebody hears the calling to become a maintainer for the pixma<br>
> backend, he/she is welcome to contact me off-list for discussing any<br>
> questions about structure and functionality.<br>
><br>
> Best wishes,<br>
> Rolf<br>
><br>
><br>
> Am 23.08.20 um 14:19 schrieb Olaf Meeuwissen:<br>
>> Hi all,<br>
>><br>
>> Six months and three weeks after sane-backends-1.0.29 and about three<br>
>> months after our sane-backends-1.0.30 security update, I'm happy to<br>
>> announce that sane-backends-1.0.31 has been released. You can find<br>
>> the latest source tarballs and checksums on the [releases page][1] in<br>
>> the Other section of the Assets.<br>
>><br>
>> [1]: <a href="https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/releases" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/releases</a><br>
>><br>
>> The page also mentions several "Source code" links in the Assets from<br>
>> which you can download the git repository corresponding to the release.<br>
>> Please note that these archives do *not* include generated files such as<br>
>> the configure script, Makefile.in files and more.<br>
>><br>
>> A nicely formatted version of the release notes can be found at the same<br>
>> location but, for your convenience, the "raw" Markdown has been included<br>
>> below.<br>
>><br>
>> ### Backends<br>
>><br>
>> - adds the `canon_lide70` backend<br>
>> - `avision`: adds support for the KODAK i1120, fixes thread<br>
>> cancellation issues, disables exposure option for non-filmscanners<br>
>> - `canon_dr`: improves error reporting<br>
>> - `dmc`: fixes compiler warnings on the scan area options<br>
>> - `epsonds`: rewrites the network I/O following changes made to the<br>
>> `epson2` backend in 1.0.30 to fix security issues. Network support<br>
>> is still unsupported.<br>
>> - `escl`: adds ADF support, fixes many minor issues and improves error<br>
>> handling. Now also supports devices behind a proxy (needs explicit<br>
>> configuration).<br>
>> - `fujitsu`: adds support for the fi-800R and a card scanning slot,<br>
>> fixes a bug when reading hardware sensors on the first invocation.<br>
>> Adds USB IDs for fi-7800 and fi-7900.<br>
>> - `genesys`: adds support for the Canon 5600F, Canon LiDE 90, Plustek<br>
>> OpticFilm 7200 and 7200 (v2), 7400, 7600i, 8100 and 8200i. Fixes<br>
>> several issues with the Canon 8600F. Adds 4800dpi support for the<br>
>> Canon LiDE 210 and fixes 3200dpi flatbed support on the Canon 8400F.<br>
>> Adds an option to fill dark calibration with a constant. Adds<br>
>> transparency support for gl847 chipset based devices. Fixes CIS<br>
>> scanner support for gl842 chipset based devices. Removes lineart<br>
>> and image enhancement emulation support.<br>
>> - `gphoto`: supports the PLANon DocuPen RC800 (with a recent enough<br>
>> version of `gphoto2`)<br>
>> - `gt68xx`: modifies scan cancellation behaviour<br>
>> - `hp5400`: adds button support, fixes a scan cancellation crash issue<br>
>> - `pixma`: add supports for the i-SENSYS MF440 Series and untested<br>
>> support for the PIXMMA G7000 Series and GM4000 Series as well as the<br>
>> i-SENSYS MF720 Series.<br>
>> - `plustek`: fixes a potential buffer overrun<br>
>> - `test`: adds gamma options<br>
>><br>
>> ### Documentation<br>
>><br>
>> - removes the SANE Standard. This is now maintained as a separate<br>
>> project at <a href="https://gitlab.com/sane-project/standard" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://gitlab.com/sane-project/standard</a>. HTML and PDF<br>
>> versions can be found at <a href="https://sane-project.gitlab.io/standard/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://sane-project.gitlab.io/standard/</a>.<br>
>> - adds and updates information for multiple supported and unsupported<br>
>> devices<br>
>> - translation updates for British English, French, German, Italian and<br>
>> Ukranian<br>
>> - `scanimage`: documents the JPEG compression level<br>
>> - minor improvements documenting build requirements<br>
>><br>
>> ### Build<br>
>><br>
>> - removes the `--with-api-spec` option from `configure`<br>
>> - replaces the `--enable-avahi` option with an `--with-avahi` that<br>
>> defaults to enabling if possible. If the option is given and the<br>
>> required support is not available, `configure` will exit with an<br>
>> error.<br>
>> - improves checking for libjpeg version dependent requirements<br>
>> - has been made reproducable (#228)<br>
>> - fixes build issues on MinGW<br>
>><br>
>> ### Miscellaneous<br>
>><br>
>> - fixes OpenBSD hotplugd scriptlets (!375)<br>
>> - fixes support for unconfigured USB scanners on MacOS (#38)<br>
>> - various fixes and improvements in the USB record/replay support<br>
>> - fixes a file descriptor validation test in sanei_pio<br>
>> - adds missing include in sanei_usb<br>
>><br>
>> In case you encounter any issues with this release, please contact the<br>
>> [sane-devel mailing list][2] or [submit an issue][3].<br>
>><br>
>> [2]: mailto:<a href="mailto:sane-devel@alioth-lists.debian.net" target="_blank">sane-devel@alioth-lists.debian.net</a><br>
>> [3]: <a href="https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/issues" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/issues</a><br>
>><br>
>> Hope this helps,<br>
>> --<br>
>> Olaf Meeuwissen, LPIC-2 FSF Associate Member since 2004-01-27<br>
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>><br>
>><br>
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