libusbx is dead, long live libusbx!

[Pete Batard]

On 2012.03.21 15:08, Hans de Goede wrote:
> I think it would be best to just start with:
> git://git.libusb.org/libusb.git (master)
> Despite still not having done a release Peter has been doing
> some good work there. And I would like us to keep syncing with
> Peter's tree in the future, starting with it as base will
> hopefully make that easier.

I'm fine with that, except I'd prefer if whatever we pick from Peter's 
tree first goes through the mailing list and is treated as as regular 
patch, regardless of what occured on libusb. I expect our repos to get 
out of sync, so most of these commits will have to be redone anyway.

Unless someone has objections with using the current libusb master as a 
starting point, then I may try to sync libusbx master against it either 
today or tomorrow. Psychologically, having a non-empty git repo there 
will be a bit more auspicious for the future...

> Ok, so I've 6 patches in my own local tree which I would like to
> see added. I'll send these to the list after this mail, and
> I'll also push my tree to:
> git://people.freedesktop.org/~jwrdegoede/libusb (for109) in case
> you prefer to use git pull

Thanks. If people are in a hurry to see the ball rolling, I'll see what 
I can do to speed up the agenda highlighted previously. If we start to 
review patches, it makes sense to at least have some target they can be 
applied to when acked, to ease up further testing.
Also, I personally tend to prefer mail, since there's less risk of doing 
something that others would miss, but either way is fine.

> I disagree with doing a 1.0.9 release being not substantial it will
> be the first release in 20 months or so. And will have tons of
> bugfixes and enhancements compared to the last official libusb
> release. So unless other people object I do plan to write an
> announcement mail for the release once it is done, blog
> about it, etc.

OK, then I don't mind doing a public announcement either. I'd just 
prefer ensuring we're in good shape when we do so, and don't run into 
something that we'd have had a better chance to fix before going public.

Regards,

/Pete

PS: Could anyone send a test mail to libusbx-devel at lists.sourceforge.net 
alone (i.e. without CC'ing infradead)? I'm only seeing the infradead 
messages, and I'm guessing my e-mail client is removing dupes, but I 
wouldn't mind confirming.

For what is worth the SF archive seems to see the messages alright: 
https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=libusbx-devel