Staedtler, despite the scary version number, libsane 1.0.27 itself is not experimental. As you pointed out, Arch has been using 1.0.27 since May.
https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/i686/sane/
I am a bit surprised at the number of people reporting an issue here that is claimed to be new.
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (and the newer LTS's) also uses the same multiarch directory ( /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/sane/ for typical 64-bit computers) !
Staedtler, despite the scary version number, libsane 1.0.27 itself is not experimental. As you pointed out, Arch has been using 1.0.27 since May.
https:/ /www.archlinux. org/packages/ extra/i686/ sane/
I am a bit surprised at the number of people reporting an issue here that is claimed to be new.
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (and the newer LTS's) also uses the same multiarch directory ( /usr/lib/ x86_64- linux-gnu/ sane/ for typical 64-bit computers) !