Proposed pre-emptive libusbx announcement for libusb-devel

[Ludovic Rousseau]

2012/1/31 Pete Batard <pete at akeo.ie>:
> Below is the proposed message I am planning to send to libusb-devel, since I
> have now utterly screwed things up with regards to libusbx secrecy.
>
> Title would be: "libusb-1.0 fork in the works: libusbx"
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> As some of you may have inferred from my last message, and due to the
> continuing absence of new releases from libusb.org, please be aware that few
> of us have started working on a forked version called libusbx.
>
> While the first libusbx release is still some time away, and we're in the
> process of setting up the infrastructure, there is integration work going on
> already, with the aim of achieving a release before the end of February.
>
> Therefore, if you are interested in contributing to the upcoming libusbx
> releases, or would like to discuss any other topic that may be of interest,
> feel free to join the libusbx mailing list at:
>
> http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/libusbx
>
> As work progresses, we will of course provide more updates with regards to
> the state of libusbx.
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> If you think we should handle the situation differently, or want to amend
> the content of that message let me know.
>
> If nobody comments, I'll send the text above in a couple hours (or earlier
> if someone replies in libusb-devel).

I would just be quiet and not send anything. The message you sent to
libusb-devel do not talk about a fork. It just mention a new git
repository with libusb source code.

Send the message _only_ if/after someone on libusb-devel asks about
the libusbx project.

Bye

-- 
 Dr. Ludovic Rousseau