** Description changed: + * Impact + + The plustek driver isn't working in 20.10 + + * Test case + + Try doing a copy of a document on a plustek based device + + * Regression potential + + The locking option was disabled until 20.10, the locking code relies on + a lock directory to exist in /var/lock but that location is not + persitant which means the locking can't work. Debian has turned the + option off again, we are going the same in the SRU because it's safer + than trying to fix an option that never got properly tested. There is + special verification to do, just check that plustek and other devices + are working correctly. + + --------------------- + There are multiple reports now of failing plustek backend in libsane 1.0.31-2 as shipped in Ubuntu 20.10 and Debian dev My report: https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/issues/363 Another report: https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/issues/360 Debian bug report: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=971584
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to sane-backends in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1898905 Title: Unfunctional plustek scanner in Ubuntu 20.10 Status in sane-backends package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in sane-backends package in Debian: Unknown Bug description: * Impact The plustek driver isn't working in 20.10 * Test case Try doing a copy of a document on a plustek based device * Regression potential The locking option was disabled until 20.10, the locking code relies on a lock directory to exist in /var/lock but that location is not persitant which means the locking can't work. Debian has turned the option off again, we are going the same in the SRU because it's safer than trying to fix an option that never got properly tested. There is special verification to do, just check that plustek and other devices are working correctly. --------------------- There are multiple reports now of failing plustek backend in libsane 1.0.31-2 as shipped in Ubuntu 20.10 and Debian dev My report: https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/issues/363 Another report: https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/issues/360 Debian bug report: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=971584 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sane-backends/+bug/1898905/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
