[Nix-dev] xsane backend snapshots

[Peter Simons]

Hi Evgeny,

 >> By the way, does anyone know the purpose of the SANE module in
 >> NixOS? I guess it's supposed to make some udev rules available to
 >> the system, but that does that actually work? I noticed, for
 >> example, that the udev rules refer to a group name which won't even
 >> exist on NixOS.
 >
 > Now it exists :) Users should be in scanner group to access scanners.

I have disabled the SANE module on my NixOS host entirely, and my
scanner (Canon LIDE) works just fine without it. So I wonder what this
module is needed for? Are there any scanners that actually require those
udev definitions?

Take care,
Peter