[sane-devel] Backend freeze for sane-backends 1.0.12

[Henning Meier-Geinitz]

Hi,

We are now in backend freeze, that means no new backends will be
accepted until the release of sane-backends 1.0.12.

Further timetable:
2003-05-04 feature freeze
2003-05-18 code freeze
2003-05-25 release

Feature freeze means that only bug fixes and documentation updates are
allowed. After code freeze only fixes of grave bugs that render a
backend completely unusable or break compilation and documentation
updates are accepted.

I'll append the current NEWS entry, please check if it's ok.

Bye,
  Henning
  
New with 1.0.12, released 2003-xx-xx:

* New backends: hp5400 (Hewlett Packard 54XX series), ibm (IBM 2456, Ricoh
  IS-410, IS-420, and IS-430), and ma1509 (Mustek BearPaw 1200F).
* Updated backends: apple, as6e, avision, canon (FB1200S), canon630u, dc210,
  dc240, dll, epson, fujitsu (fi4220), gphoto2, gt68xx, hp, mustek, mustek_pp,
  mustek_usb, net, pie, plustek, snapscan (Epson Perfection 660), teco2
  (Relisys AVEC II S3, Relisys APOLLO Express 3 and Primax Jewel 4800), test,
  umax_pp.
* Added IPv6 support for saned and net backend.
* Build system improvements.
* USB access improvements.
* Portability fixes (especially for Irix, MacOS X and OS/2 and Linux/m68k).
* Added new (nl) and updated existing translations.
* Documentation updates.
* Bugfixes.