support for sane-backend genesys

[Alexander Gleich]

Am Donnerstag 13 Oktober 2005 12:20 schrieb Tollef Fog Heen:
> * Sami Haahtinen
>
> | Alexander Gleich wrote:
> | > I tried to install a Medion MD6228 USB-Scanner.
> | > There is a backend called sane-genesys
> |  > ..
> | > But apparently, this backend is neither included in libsane nor
> | > libsane-extras. Further, it is still Version 1.0.15.9 in the current
> | > Breezy release. Newest version is 1.0.16.
> |
> | Genesys backend is included in the latest backends. I'd love to see it
> | in Breezy, but currently my hopes are in backports after release.
>
> The genesys backend in upstream (non-experimental) CVS is out of date
> (it's from May, iirc).  I have hacked in new and shiny support in some
> local packages, but I haven't made them available for general
> consumption due to, well, it being a random CVS snapshot (from the
> experimental CVS tree, mind).  I could update and put those packages
> where people could get at them.

It would be great if you could put it on a server or send it to me via email, 
so I would be able to use my scanner.

Alex