[sane-devel] SANE Backends 1.0.31 released / Goodbye

Fri Aug 28 18:47:45 BST 2020

Hi Rolf,

I too benefitted from your fantastic work.  Thank you so much and best
wishes!!!

-Kip

On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 1:35 PM Ulf Zibis <Ulf.Zibis at gmx.de> wrote:

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