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@@ -1,4 +1,41 @@ -*-Mode: outline-*- +New with 1.0.27 (see Note 1), released 2017-05-22: + +* Significant enhancements to canon_dr, epjitsu, epsonds, fujitsu, + genesys, hp3500, pixma and xerox-mfp backends. +* Minor updates, bugfixes or scanners added in several backends. +* 30+ new scanner models supported. +* Made libusb-1.0 the default for USB support (see Note 2). +* Switched code from C90 to C99 (Thanks to Volker Diels-Grabsch). +* Updated Linux USB3 workaround (see Note 3). +* Documentation and translation updates. +* Bugfixes (Avahi, threading, USB, ICC/PNG/JPEG, etc). +* Reduced compiler warnings, improved code (see Note 4). + +Note 1: There is no 1.0.26 release of sane-backends. That number was +skipped so that our development version numbers would more clearly be +an extension of the prior release. This should make packaging a little +easier for our downstream users. + +Note 2: On all systems, the --enable-libusb* flags are now ignored. +Instead, the --with-usb and --without-usb flags now control support. +When neither is given, USB support will be enabled if possible and +disabled otherwise. If --with-usb is requested but not possible, +./configure will fail. There is no support to prefer libusb-0.1 over +libusb-1.0. When libusb-1.0 is not found, libusb-0.1 will be tried. + +Note 3: The Linux USB3 workaround which was added in version 1.0.25 is +now disabled by default. If you have difficulty using a scanner which +previously worked, or intermittent scanner availability, try setting +the new environment variable SANE_USB_WORKAROUND=1 before starting +your frontend. + +Note 4: A special thanks goes to Olaf Meeuwissen for picking up the +janitorial duties in sane-backends. He has found and fixed a large +number of long-standing bugs, curated our bug tracker, improved our +build scripts and docs, and provided user support. Thank you Olaf! + + New with 1.0.25, released 2015-10-03: * New backends: epsonds (Epson DS, PX and WF series), |