[arch-dev-public] libusbx as replacement for libusb

[Tobias Powalowski]

Am 27.05.2012 12:13, schrieb Tom Gundersen:
> On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 9:44 AM, Tobias Powalowski
> <tobias.powalowski at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Am 25.05.2012 16:14, schrieb Tobias Powalowski:
>>> Am 25.05.2012 15:21, schrieb Tom Gundersen:
>>>> On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 2:56 PM, Tobias Powalowski
>>>> <tobias.powalowski at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hi got this feature request:
>>>>> https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/29999
>>>>>
>>>>> - fedora ditched the libusb usage in favour of the libusbx project.
>>>> Seems Debian have done/will do the same.
>>>>
>>>>> http://www.libusbx.org
>>>>>
>>>>> Shall we move to this too?
>>>> I am not very familiar with the background story, but from what I can
>>>> gather from libusb-devel[0], it seems that the fork was done for a
>>>> good reason, has lots of support, and no counterarguments have (as far
>>>> as I could find at least) been presented by the libusb maintainer.
>>>>
>>>> To sum up, the main complaints were: libusb was not begin released for
>>>> more than two years (it has now finally been released, after the fork
>>>> happened), and the maintainer was seen as hostile to new
>>>> contributions.
>>>>
>>>> Assuming the impression I got is correct, I would be in favor of switching.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Tom
>>>>
>>>> [0]: <http://libusb.6.n5.nabble.com/libusb-is-dead-long-live-libusbx-td5651413.html>
>>> replaces=('libusb1' 'libusb')
>>> provides=('libusb')
>>> would that be ok in PKGBUILD?
>>>
>> Would it be ok for you if i bring this to testing repository?
>  +1
>
> -t
libusbx is now in testing.

greetings
tpowa

-- 
Tobias Powalowski
Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa)
http://www.archlinux.org
tpowa at archlinux.org


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