4 new commits in master

[Michael Plante]

Pete Batard wrote:
>> Oh really? What is true to other forks won't be true to libusbx
>> because we are a "special case"?
>> The laws of gravity don't apply to us because we're different, right?

You need to justify analogies, and I just plain don't see it.


>> I disagree with you with regards to being able to work
>> with libusb, 

Then 1) stop promising you will, and 2) stop making it more difficult for me to for no reason other than "branding".


>> Unsubscribe or not doesn't matter. 

Then start a new thread, or at least post it somewhere else within the thread.  Don't reply to that point -- read in that context that was misleading.



>> >>> And what I did say is that I would pick up the patches from libusb I
>> >>> deem interesting and apply them to libusbx, so you don't have to bother
>> >>> about the above.
>> >
>> > ...that now becomes impossible, being unsubscribed and all.  Pick a side.
>> > :-P
>> 
>> I already did, but you don't think things throuygh. What about the
>> official libusb git repo? It's all that matter, because by the time a
>> patch exists there, it has been reviewed and approved so I don't have
>> to duplicate that work. That's where I plan to pick up patches, and
>> nowhere else.

Chasing away people who are willing to spend the time to read about the subtleties of the approval process is unwise.


>> >>> Curious, I think Xiaofan indicated that he saw the need to choose a side
>> >>> too.
>> >
>> > No, because you were responding to your own statement earlier, "it's highly
>> > unlikely that contributors will waste their time submitting patches to both
>> > projects".  You proceeded to say, "he's been feeding items back and forth,
>> > and he's probably going to continue to do so".  Choosing sides is mere
>> > semantics compared to the original point about the actions on patches.
>> 
>> Notice how I used "items" and not "patches" in my statement. 

Fine, but my original post was about Hans, who certainly did post patches.



>> In case you haven't noticed, it's forking that makes both projects
>> less successful. You're trying to get a fork without the drawbacks of
>> a fork.

Let me try.



>> > And Peter, for one, will never take our side.
>> > So we lose his expertise.
>> 
>> Yes. And when Hans Reiser allegedly killed his wife the Linux
>> community lost his expertise. 

I'm sure Peter will love the comparison.  No one is preventing me from passing messages back and forth.


>> > I know you don't care for his review, when he
>> > occasionally chooses to offer it, but I do.
>> 
>> Peter has been a catastrophy for the maintenance of libusb, and
>> despite requests from many individuals, he has both refused to
>> acknowledge it and work on it. 

I am commenting purely on his GIVING input, not on TAKING input.  I know he's not as responsive to the latter, and that wasn't my point.  But you are throwing away the former.


Regards,
Michael