[Libusbx-devel] Keeping the 1.0.9rc3 tag

[Xiaofan Chen]

On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 4:44 PM, Ludovic Rousseau
<ludovic.rousseau at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Le 25 mars 2012 03:51, Pete Batard <pete at akeo.ie> a écrit :
>> Not really. Please have a look at the following:
>> http://wiki.libusbx.org/index.php/Main_Page
>> http://www.libusbx.org/
>
> Maybe libusbx.org should point to a sourceforge server instead of a
> merlin.infradead.org
>
>> Also we need to plan at 48 hours after we update the DNS entries for
>> propagation, else some people may still end up on the old server.
>
> Can't you change the libusbx.org expiration from 48h to 1 hour?
> Who manages/owns the libusbx.org domain?
>
> I had the blacknight.com password but someone changed it and I can't
> manage the DNS entry anymore :-(
> That is bad since we just lost admin duplication.

Pete: I think it is good to have Ludovic on board and then
he can have the blacknight.com password as well. I actually
do not want it myself.

>> And as I previously stated, libusbx also has MediaWiki installed:
>> https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/libusbx/index.php?title=Main_Page
>
> Can't we just copy/paste the pages at libusb.org?
> - rename libusb into libusbx
> - change links from libusb to libusbx
>
> libusb.org is down now. So I can't check if the wiki/web site content
> has a non free licence.
> Someone has a copy of the libusb.org website?

Using Google cache?
I do not see any license mentioned.

>>> Bug report system: The new Sourceforge interface has it.
>>> http://sourceforge.net/p/libusbk/tickets/
>>
>> Well, we have the choice between trac, tracker, and MantisBT for bug
>> tracking. I'd like to avoid picking one at random, since we'll be stuck
>> with it. Anybody wants to have a look at those and try to find the one
>> that may suit us best?
>
> No idea here.
> Maybe a +1 for trac

Okay for me as well.

>> When I have a chance, I'd also like to set a wiki page with the current
>> plan for releases, and what we think should go in each of them, so that
>> we all can be on the same page and get an estimate of the task ahead.
>
> Trac can manage a roadmap and link bug reports to planned releases.
> Example: https://www.opensc-project.org/opensc/roadmap
>
> Note: I am not admin of the libusbx sourceforge project. So I can
> really help with the setup. My sourceforge login is ludov if someone
> wants to add me onboard.
>

I think this is a good idea. Ludovic has experiences at both
Linux and Mac OS X.


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