[sane-devel] Adding support for a new scanner (Epson V500)

[Rob Browning]

Olaf Meeuwissen <olaf.meeuwissen at avasys.jp> writes:

> Rob Browning <rlb at defaultvalue.org> writes:
>
> # Thanks for maintaining Debian's emacs!

No problem.

> The epkowa backend also does not support this model at the moment.
> There is talk about adding support for it through a /non-free/
> binary only plugin, but there is no schedule yet.

Hmm, so is this scanner not likely to end up with good free-software
support?  In general, I had the impression that Epson scanners were
often pretty well supported, but it sounds like you're suggesting this
model might be different.

Thanks
-- 
Rob Browning
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