[sane-announce] [ANNOUNCE] First pre-release of sane-backends 1.0.15 available

[Henning Meier-Geinitz]

Hi everyone,

The first pre-release of sane-backends 1.0.15 is available at
the usual locations as mentioned on http://www.sane-project.org/source.html

The md5sum is:
ff9ad4def17e6644e03d66f07c708b13  sane-backends-1.0.15-pre1.tar.gz

We are in feature freeze currently. In two weeks, code freeze will
start. Release is planned for 2004-11-07.

I'll append the NEWS file for 1.0.15.

Please test this prerelease and tell us about any bugs.

Happy scanning!

Henning

New with 1.0.15, released 2004-??-??:

* New backends: niash
* Updated backends: agfafocus, artec_eplus48u.c, avision, canon, canon_pp,
  coolscan, dll, epson, fujitsu, gt68xx, hp, hp5400, leo, microtek2, mustek,
  mustek_pp, net, pie, plustek, plustek_pp, snapscan, sp15c, tamarack, teco2,
  umax, umax_pp, u12, v4l
* Portability fixes (especially for MacOS X, NetBSD, OS/2, 64 bit platforms).
* sane-find-scanner detects more chipsets now.
* Added Finnish translation. Updated other translations.
* Several saned fixes.
* Build system updates.
* Documentation updates.
* Bugfixes.