Looking at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sane-backends it seems that nowadays the orig.tar.gz file contains po/$LOCALE.po files, as opposite to the sane-backends.$LOCALE.po in Karmic. The template is imported, and contains the same amount of messages as in the tar.gz, so this bug is fixed.
Looking at https:/ /launchpad. net/ubuntu/ +source/ sane-backends it seems that nowadays the orig.tar.gz file contains po/$LOCALE.po files, as opposite to the sane-backends. $LOCALE. po in Karmic. The template is imported, and contains the same amount of messages as in the tar.gz, so this bug is fixed.