Hi, On 2021-04-07 6:13 a.m., Wolfram Sang wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I want to apply as a maintainer for the epson2 driver. > > I started working on this driver when I added focus and autofocus > support. Since then, I fixed some more bugs and cleaned up the > description files. I have a PR pending to improve the timeout > behaviour. I think I got the hang of the driver meanwhile. > > My motivation: As a side project, I work with an observatory helping > them to scan their collection of photographic plates with sky surveys > from last century. We use an Epson 12000XL for that and a working driver > is crucial. So, I'd like to take care of it. Besides the above high end > and brand new scanner at the observatory, I also have an older Epson > 1640SU Photo at home for additional testing and verifications. And > remote debugging by guiding users is also part of my daily work. > > I have 8 years of experience in maintaining the I2C subsystem of the > Linux Kernel, so I am not new to maintaining. I know that SANE is a > different project than the Kernel, so I hope you guys would guide me > when it comes to details I might be missing. > > So, I guess this sums it up. I'd like to help the SANE project here, and > hope you guys see a match. > > All the best and happy hacking, > > Wolfram > Thanks for stepping up and for your contributions so far. If there are no objections, I will add the necessary changes and give you the appropriate privileges.
Cheers, Ralph
