libusbx is dead, long live libusbx!

[Michael Plante]

-----Original Message-----
Pete Batard wrote:
>>
>> On 2012.03.23 02:53, Michael Plante wrote:
>> > Pete Batard wrote:
>> >>> I'll also try to remove the 1.0.9-rc3 tag [1], since it is both
useless
>> >>> and potentially confusing.
>> >
>> > Is it useless?  Isn't that what's being distributed?
>>
>> Unless Peter releases before Monday, our 1.0.9 is going to be different
>> from libusb's 1.0.9, therefore our release candidates will be. I am also
>> hoping that we're not going to go through 3 RCs, but who knows.
>>
>> Hence I don't think the tag serves much of a purpose, and worse, it may
>> be confusing. The tag doesn't even seem to be visible in mainline (it's
>> supposed to have occured 6 months ago, but at least SF's gitweb doesn't
>> show it anywhere in mainline around that time - the last tag displayed
>> for mainline is 1.0.8).


Did you not see Xiaofan's thread in libusb-devel on Wednesday?

http://marc.info/?l=libusb-devel&m=133230593401933&w=3

Many Linux distros are using that tag.  It doesn't matter if libusbx uses it
or not.  It is considered a semi-formal release by many, even though Peter
didn't want it to be.  I think we should acknowledge it exists, even if we
don't base any history on it.  If we plan to completely replace libusb, we
will get bug reports against it, so deleting its history is a Bad Idea.



>> Thus, I really don't think we should keep orphaned tags...

Technically all tags are orphaned, by git's definition. :)

Thanks,
Michael