[sane-devel] Code freeze for SANE 1.0.9

[Henning Meier-Geinitz]

Hi,

Code freeze for 1.0.9 is now active. That means, only documentation
updates and fixes for grave bugs are allowed until release. Grave bugs
means: compilation error on at least one platform, possible hardware
damage or a bug that renders one backend completely unusable.

If in doubt, ask sane-devel.

Release is planned for 2002-10-24 (next thursday), evening GMT.

This is the current NEWS file, please check for errors:

New with 1.0.9, released 2002-10-24:

* New backends: hpsj5s (Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 5S parport scanner), 
  teco2 (some Relisys/Primax SCSI flatbed scanners, models VM3575, VM6565,
  VM6586 and VM6575), teco3 (some Relisys/Piotech/Trust/Plustek SCSI
  flatbed scanners, model VM3552).
* Updated backends: avision, canon_pp, coolscan2, dc240, dc25, epson, fujitsu,
  hp, leo, microtek, mustek, mustek_usb, pie, plustek, snapscan, teco1, test,
  umax, umax_pp, v4l.
* sane-find-scanner finds more scanners and has more verbosity options now.
* New tool to create gamma tables (gamma4scanimage).
* Support for ICC profiles for scanimage.
* USB scanner should work on all systems supported by libusb now.
* Portability fixes (especially for big-endian sytems, Irix, OpenStep, OS/2,
  Solaris).
* New and updated translations for various backends.
* New system for generating lists of manufacturers/backends.
* Various documentation updates.
* Bugfixes.

Bye,
  Henning

PS: Jochen, good luck for your biology exam! :-)