ciao,
dal sito di sane http://www.sane-project.org/ leggo che

2004-11-07: SANE-Backends-1.0.15 has been released. Changes since 1.0.14:

* New backend: niash
* Updated backends: agfafocus, artec_eplus48u.c, avision, canon, canon_pp, coolscan, dll, epson, fujitsu, gt68xx, hp, hp5400, leo, microtek2, mustek, mustek_pp, net, pie, plustek, plustek_pp, snapscan, sp15c, tamarack, teco2, umax, umax_pp, u12, v4l.
* Portability fixes (especially for MacOS X, NetBSD, OS/2, 64 bit platforms).
* sane-find-scanner detects more chipsets now.
* Added Finnish translation. Updated other translations.
* Several saned fixes.
* Build system updates.
* Documentation updates.
* Bugfixes.
significa che ora la patch è inclusa nel pacchetto ufficiale?

.a.