Hi, This is the first version of the NEWS file for sane-backends-1.0.8. Please have a look at the text and tell me about any missing or wrong entries.
By the way: We have 9 (nine) new backends and 17 (seventeen) updated backends. Both numbers are higher than ever before for a SANE release. Bye, Henning New with 1.0.8, released 2002-05-27: * New backends: canon_pp (Canon parport scanners), canon630u (CanoScan 630u + 636u), coolscan2 (Nikon Coolscan LS-30, LS-40 ED, LS-4000 ED, and LS-8000 ED), fujitsu (M3091, M3093, M3096 and similar scanners), leo (Leo/Across FS-1130 scanner), matsushita (Panasonic KV-SS scanners), sceptre (Sceptre VividScan S1200), teco1 (some Teco/Relisys flatbed scanners), test (test frontends and SANE installation). * Updated backends: avision, canon, dc240, dll, epson, gphoto2, mustek, mustek_usb, net, plustek, pnm, sharp, sm3600, snapscan, umax, umax_pp, v4l. * New translations for several backends (de, es, fr). * Networking supports hosts without working DNS now. * SCSI system ignores USB files and doesn't block (Linux). * New test frontend and backend for testing SANE. * Several build system improvements (e.g., new libtool, better make distclean, build only shared libs by default). * Portability fixes (especially for AIX, Linux (2.2, hppa, sparc), HP/UX, NetBSD, OS/2). * Better documentation of internal functions (sanei). * Various Documentation updates. * Bugfixes.
