Begining with version 1.0.4 the sane package from http://www.mostang.com/sane/
has been split into two packages: backends and frontends.
We do the same split in pkgsrc and create two new packages.
This is the sane-backends package (based on the old sane package).
Changes since sane 1.0.3:
* New backends: as6e, nec, pie.
* Updated backends: artec (v0.5.15), avision (v0.2.1), epson (v0.1.39),
hp (v0.93), mustek (v1.0-102), mustek_pp (v0.9-devel), plustek (v0.38),
sharp (v0.32), umax (v1.0-21).
* Moved frontends xscanimage and xcam to a new package (sane-frontends).
* Added authentification with encrypted passwords.
* Installation of shared libraries on AIX is supported now.
* Fixed compilation bugs on Irix and FreeBSD.
* Better debug output on platforms not supporting vararg macros.
* Better documentation about SANE devicenames.
* Bugfixes.
2001-02-21 20:53:27 +01:00
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SANE is a universal scanner interface. The value of such a universal
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interface is that it allows writing just one driver per image acquisition
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device rather than one driver for each device and application. So, if you
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have three applications and four devices, traditionally you'd have had to
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write 12 different programs. With SANE, this number is reduced to seven:
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the three applications plus the four drivers. Of course, the savings get
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even bigger as more and more drivers and/or applications are added.
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2002-03-14 19:15:15 +01:00
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sane-frontends includes xcam and xscanimage; libraries and sane-config
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are in sane-backends.
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