On 2008-06-14, J.O. Aho <user@example.net> wrote:
> Jan Wielemaker wrote:
>
>> My scanner (Epson) died when moving to the
>> libusb stuff. That is annoying, but not much different from the
>> situation around major Windows upgrades. Other than that, I can't recall
>> I ever had to discontinue using something because the developer stopped.
>
> I did for a long time patch my kernel source to use the old module for
> my scanner, not for my scanner didn't work with libusb, but for it was a
> lot easier with setting up privileges when it came to the module.
>
> I didn't have to make any changes in the driver code itself, just add
> the files and see to that the option appeared in the menuconfig.

Thats a nice example where an educated user or a little OS business
around the corner can keep his/her things alive. I have the experience,
but I don't want to step outside standard build kernels as I don't want
to spent the time dealing with upgrades and in small business context,
buying a new scanner is a far more efficient option.

Cheers --- Jan