As a single example, I have a multifunction printer, of which, the
multifunctionality worked with Debian 5. Now, it is only a laser
printer, running with Debian 6 - to use it to scan, I have to scan to
a USB drive, and then copy the files to the computer, as Debian 6
(and, I believe, similarly, Debian 7) does not provide for the device
to wotk with it, other than using a printer driver that is not for the
particular model range, and, losing all other interfaced functionality.
Surely, it must be possible, to provide backward compatibility, to
allow software that ran on earlier versions of Debian, to run on a
current stable version?
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Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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