Well, the statement does make sense, Example for ubuntu 24.04 xSane version is 0.999 - and is broken. It needs fixing for ubuntu, but that might not be true for all versions of linux.
It seems that xsane is almost abandoned although looking at https://gitlab.com/sane-project/frontend/xsane there are some updates. Still seems to be 0.999 from 6 years ago.
The opening splash, shows a little newer, a copyright 2022
I would love to give you the source code I used, unfortunately lost it, I remember it came via the linux Mint forum.
I gone back to scanning with XSane on its own, then opening the saved scan in Gimp.
For I have not tried this but for ubuntu users a PPA - https://launchpad.net/~sane-project/+arc.../+packages Might be worth a try although not xSane - only the sane library.
It seems that xsane is almost abandoned although looking at https://gitlab.com/sane-project/frontend/xsane there are some updates. Still seems to be 0.999 from 6 years ago.
The opening splash, shows a little newer, a copyright 2022
I would love to give you the source code I used, unfortunately lost it, I remember it came via the linux Mint forum.
I gone back to scanning with XSane on its own, then opening the saved scan in Gimp.
For I have not tried this but for ubuntu users a PPA - https://launchpad.net/~sane-project/+arc.../+packages Might be worth a try although not xSane - only the sane library.