diff --git a/README b/README
index d5a082187..ce05debac 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ You always find the most recent version of SANE on:
 http://www.mostang.com/sane
 
 There are several graphical frontends available for SANE.
-XSane is available on http://www.wolfsburg.de/~rauch/sane-xsane.html
+XSane is available on http://www.xsane.org
 The graphical frontends that have been included into the sane package up to
 version sane-1.0.3 (xscanimage and xcam) have been put into an own package
 sane-frontends-1.0.x, this package is available on http://www.mostang.com/sane
diff --git a/backend/dll.c b/backend/dll.c
index 9d236e4d7..f2e0e1f3a 100644
--- a/backend/dll.c
+++ b/backend/dll.c
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@
    allows managing an arbitrary number of SANE backends by using
    dynamic linking to load backends on demand.  */
 
-#define BUILD 5
+/* Please increase version number with every change 
+   (don't forget to update dll.desc) */
+#define DLL_VERSION "1.0.1"
 
 #ifdef _AIX
 # include "lalloca.h"   /* MUST come first for AIX! */
@@ -506,9 +508,8 @@ sane_init (SANE_Int * version_code, SANE_Auth_Callback authorize)
 
   auth_callback = authorize;
 
-  DBG(1, "sane_init: SANE dll backend version %d.%d.%d from %s\n", V_MAJOR,
-      V_MINOR, BUILD, PACKAGE_VERSION);
-
+  DBG(1, "sane_init: SANE dll backend version %s from %s\n", DLL_VERSION,
+      PACKAGE_VERSION);
 
   /* chain preloaded backends together: */
   for (i = 0; i < NELEMS(preloaded_backends); ++i)
@@ -520,7 +521,8 @@ sane_init (SANE_Int * version_code, SANE_Auth_Callback authorize)
     }
 
   if (version_code)
-    *version_code = SANE_VERSION_CODE (V_MAJOR, V_MINOR, BUILD);
+    *version_code = SANE_VERSION_CODE (SANE_DLL_V_MAJOR, SANE_DLL_V_MINOR,
+				       SANE_DLL_V_BUILD);
 
   fp = sanei_config_open (DLL_CONFIG_FILE);
   if (!fp)
diff --git a/backend/dll.desc b/backend/dll.desc
index 0fa410c7d..aab4242a6 100644
--- a/backend/dll.desc
+++ b/backend/dll.desc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 :backend "dll"               ; name of backend
-:version "1.0.5"
+:version "1.0.1"
 :status :beta
 :manpage "sane-dll"
 
diff --git a/backend/net.c b/backend/net.c
index 8eb57a7cf..972f0d747 100644
--- a/backend/net.c
+++ b/backend/net.c
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@
 
    This file implements a SANE network-based meta backend.  */
 
-#define BUILD 5
+/* Please increase version number with every change 
+   (don't forget to update net.desc) */
+#define NET_VERSION "1.0.1"
 
 #ifdef _AIX
 # include "lalloca.h"		/* MUST come first for AIX! */
@@ -329,11 +331,15 @@ SANE_Status sane_init (SANE_Int * version_code, SANE_Auth_Callback authorize)
 
   auth_callback = authorize;
 
+  /* Return the version number of the sane-backends package to allow
+     the frontend to print them. This is done only for net and dll,
+     because these backends are usually called by the frontend. */
   if (version_code)
-    *version_code = SANE_VERSION_CODE (V_MAJOR, V_MINOR, BUILD);
+    *version_code = SANE_VERSION_CODE (SANE_DLL_V_MAJOR, SANE_DLL_V_MINOR,
+				       SANE_DLL_V_BUILD);
 
-  DBG(1, "sane_init: SANE net backend version %d.%d.%d from %s\n", V_MAJOR,
-      V_MINOR, BUILD, PACKAGE_VERSION);
+  DBG(1, "sane_init: SANE net backend version %s from %s\n", NET_VERSION,
+      PACKAGE_VERSION);
 
   serv = getservbyname ("sane", "tcp");
   if (serv)
diff --git a/backend/net.desc b/backend/net.desc
index 62ae830c4..244633bde 100644
--- a/backend/net.desc
+++ b/backend/net.desc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 :backend "net"               ; name of backend
-:version "1.0.5"
+:version "1.0.1"
 :status :beta
 :manpage "sane-net"
 
diff --git a/doc/releases.txt b/doc/releases.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c08c04aba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/releases.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+2001-04-16
+
+This text summarizes some points to pay attention to when a new realease
+of sane-backends should be made.
+
+Before the release:
+
+* configure.in: increase version number
+* configure.in: set --disable-warnings as default
+* configure: recreate
+* net.c net.desc dll.c dll.desc: update version numbers
+* NEWS: update and enter date of release
+* sane-backends.lsm: update
+* ChangeLog: set release marker
+* final compilation test
+* make distclean
+
+Making the release:
+
+* remove all CVS files from directories (CVS, .cvsignore etc.)
+* make tar.gz and sane-backends-x.y.z.lsm
+* upload both to mostang.com
+* make sane-backends.html and upload to mostang.com
+* update SANE standard and man pages on mostang.com
+* check and update platforms page on mostang.com
+* write announcements on mostang.com and sane-devel, maybe others
+  (e.g. freshmeat)
+* upload to mirrors that don't get the files automatically (sunsite
+  and tsx11)
+
+After the release:
+
+* configure.in: set --enable-warnings as default
+* configure: regenerate
diff --git a/include/sane/config.h.in b/include/sane/config.h.in
index 78e4f3b34..93cce6cd0 100644
--- a/include/sane/config.h.in
+++ b/include/sane/config.h.in
@@ -359,6 +359,11 @@
 /* Define if you have PTAL. */
 #undef HAVE_PTAL
 
+/* Version of the dll backend (=version of the sane-backends package) */
+#undef SANE_DLL_V_MAJOR
+#undef SANE_DLL_V_MINOR
+#undef SANE_DLL_V_BUILD
+
 #ifndef HAVE_STRNCASECMP
   /* OS/2 needs this */
 # define strncasecmp(a, b, c) strnicmp(a, b, c)