[sane-devel] SANE Backends 1.1.1 released

Zdenek Dohnal zdohnal at redhat.com
Thu Jan 20 09:42:59 GMT 2022


Thank you Povilas, Ralph and all who made the new release happen! Kudos! :)

On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 10:54 PM Povilas Kanapickas <povilas at radix.lt>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm happy to announce sane-backends-1.1.1. You can find the latest
> source tarballs here:
>
> 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 is available there too.
>
> One change that is more interesting to package maintainers is that with
> this release the version numbering scheme has been changed and thus
> every new feature release will increment the second version number (i.e.
> 1.2.0, 1.3.0, etc.) and the third number (i.e. 1.1.2, 1.1.3, etc.) will
> be left for bugfix releases. Previously feature releases used the third
> version number (i.e. 1.0.30, 1.0.31, etc.) and real bugfix releases were
> not possible. With this possibility present more frequent bugfix
> releases can be expected.
>
> There has been no 1.1.0 release. It was unpublished due to version
> numbering bug in tests that only showed itself after the release was made.
>
> In case you encounter any issues with this release, please contact the
> sane-devel mailing list or submit an issue:
>
> sane-devel at alioth-lists.debian.net
>
> https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/issues
>
> The following is the release notes in the "raw" markdown format. A
> nicely formatted version is available on the GitLab releases page
> mentioned above.
>
> ### Backends
>
> - `epson2`: Fixed support for many scanners that don't support focus
> command.
> - `epson2`: Improve reliability of long scans.
> - `epsonds`: Implemented support for the following Epson scanners:
>     - DS-1610
>     - DS-1630
>     - DS-1660W
>     - DS-310
>     - DS-320
>     - DS-360W
>     - DS-410
>     - DS-530
>     - DS-530II
>     - DS-531
>     - DS-535
>     - DS-535H
>     - DS-535II
>     - DS-570W
>     - DS-570WII
>     - DS-571W
>     - DS-575W
>     - DS-575WII
>     - DS-70
>     - DS-80W
>     - ES-200
>     - ES-300W
>     - ES-300WR
>     - ES-400
>     - ES-400II
>     - ES-50
>     - ES-500W
>     - ES-500WII
>     - ES-500WR
>     - ES-55R
>     - ES-580W
>     - ES-60W
>     - ES-60WB
>     - ES-60WW
>     - ES-65WR
>     - ET-2700 Series
>     - ET-2710 Series
>     - ET-2810 Series
>     - ET-M2140 Series
>     - ET-M3140 Series
>     - EW-052A Series
>     - FF-680W
>     - L3150 Series
>     - L3200 Series
>     - L3210 Series
>     - L3250 Series
>     - L4150 Series
>     - M2140 Series
>     - M3140 Series
>     - RR-60
>     - RR-600W
>     - RR-70W
>     - XP-2100 Series
>     - XP-2150 Series
> - `epson2`: Marked XP-452 455 series as supported in documentation.
> - `escl`: Fixed scanning problems on certain scanners due to incorrect
> URL being used (https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/issues/479)
> - `escl`: Fixed support for different resolutions when using JPEG format.
> - `escl`: Fixed handling of ipp-usb redirects to localhost which
> previously caused certain scanners to be always reported as busy.
> - `escl`: Added support for Brother DCP-J772DW and Epson ET-2750 scanners.
> - `escl`: Marked the following scanners as supported in documentation:
>     - Canon PIXMA G4511
>     - Canon PIXMA TR4550 Series
>     - Canon PIXMA TR4551 Series
>     - Epson ET-6100
> - `escl`: Implemented support for disabling PDF output on scanners where
> it's broken
>    (https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/issues/510)
> - `escl`: Implemented support for Canon PIXME TR4520 and TR7500 scanners.
> - `genesys`: Improved scan quality on Canon LiDE 35/40/50/60 by using
> brighter LED illumination.
> - `genesys`: Fixed control of contrast and brigthness on certain scanners
>    (https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/issues/271).
> - `genesys`: Fixed crashes when handling slightly unexpected conditions
>    (https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/issues/464).
> - `genesys`: Fixed support for Plustek Opticfilm 7200 v2 scanner.
> - `genesys`: Fixed button support on HP ScanJet G4010.
> - `genesys`: Fixed compilation on gcc-4.8.
> - `genesys`: Fixed incorrect LED exposure calculation leading to wrong
> color balance on certain resolutions on gl841 scanners
> - `genesys`: Improved gray scan quality on Canon LiDE 110, 120, 210, 220
>    (https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/issues/106,
>     https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/issues/52).
> - `genesys`: Fixed issue of motor becoming stuck at certain resolutions
> on Canon LiDE 50
>    and possibly other gl841 scanners
> (https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/issues/357)
> - `genesys`: Fixed periodic black lines in gray scans on Canon LiDE 80.
> - `genesys`: Removed support for broken 75 and 100 dpi hardware
> resolutions to fix preview scans
> (https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/issues/383). These
> resolutions did not have any benefit compared to next smallest 150 dpi
> resolution.
> - `genesys`: Add support for running in embedded environments that don't
> support threads.
> - `genesys`: Fixed gray scans to use white color for illumination
> instead of red on
>    Canon LiDE 35/40/50/60 and potentially other gl841 scanners. Old
> behavior can be restored via the color filter setting to select specific
> color component for the gray scan.
> - `genesys`: The genesys backend is now distributed under GPL v2 or
> later license. Previously there existed an exception that allowed
> additional uses of the backend.
> - `gt68xx`: Fixed several memory issues that can potentially lead to
> crashes or increased memory use.
> - `hp4200`: Fixed crash when using HP ScanJet 4200C
>    (https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/issues/454).
> - `microtek`: Fixed support for embedded platforms using `uclibc`.
> - `pieusb`: Implemented support for Reflecta RPS 10M scanner.
> - `pieusb`: Fixed support for automatically advancing slides on DigitDia
> 4000.
> - `pixma`: Fixed compliation with `NDEBUG` macro defined.
> - `pixma`: Marked Canon PIXMA G4511 as supported in documentation
> - `scangearmp2`: Mark GX6000, GX7000, TS5400 and MX455 series as supported.
> - `sm3600-scanutil`: Fixed support for embedded platforms using `uclibc`.
>
>
> ### Frontends
>
> - Improved documentation of `scanimage` concerning options provided by
> backends.
> - `scanimage`: Improved help to specify which options are advanced.
> - `scanimage`: Implemented support for PDF output format.
>
>
> ### Miscellaneous
>
> - Added translation to Simplified Chinese.
>
> Regards,
> Povilas Kanapickas
>
>

-- 
Zdenek Dohnal
Software Engineer
Red Hat, BRQ-TPBC
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