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From: Kfir Lavi <lavi.kfir@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] sane-backends
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 09:07:47
Message-Id: BANLkTin9Jb19eTnRuO0-uCqEePVuG=vRaA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] sane-backends by Michael George
1 On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 1:52 AM, Michael George <george@××××××××××.com>wrote:
2
3 > I just got a new scanner which will be supported in version 1.0.22 of
4 > the sane-backend package. However, that version isn't in portage yet.
5 > How do I find who the maintainers of the portage package are so that I
6 > can contact them to see if I can help get that port made available?
7 >
8 > --
9 > -M
10 >
11 > There are 10 kinds of people in this world:
12 > Those who can count in binary and those who cannot.
13 >
14 >
15 >
16 You can create your local overlay, and try to upgrade the ebuild to your
17 needs.
18 If it works, you can send your changes as a patch to the maintainers of the
19 package.
20
21 Kfir