[sane-devel] sane manpage out of date

[Mark Ballard]

Dear Sane Devs

The sane-epson manpage is sending users up a dead-end alley.

It says:

"Please send mail to the backend author (khk at khk.net) to report ...
problems with scanners that are listed."

And it says:

"The package is actively maintained by Karl Heinz Kremer  (khk at khk.net)."

I emailed the author, Karl Heinz Kremer, and I can tell you that while
he is most happy to receive messages about sane-epson malfunctions he
is also only most happy in replying that it is no longer any of his
business.

He stopped maintaining the package and the manpage seven years ago.
(http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.graphics.scanning.sane.devel/11846).
In that time, he says, he has been happy to inform anyone who calls
that he can't help them.

I do think it discredits the good work he clearly did on maintaining
sane-epson when he was able, that his fellows in the community have so
neglected his legacy that they haven't even bothered to update the
manpage.

http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/intrepid/man5/sane-epson.5.html

Meanwhile, pity the poor user.

Mark Ballard