libusbx v1.0.9-rc4 is now available

[Pete Batard]

 From git [1] as well as a tarball [2].

The tarball was generated from MinGW using a script that I have yet to 
finalize (version and target dir are currenlty hardcoded, and there's no 
provision for RCs), which is a modified version of what I use for libwdi 
[3], with the following changes applied:
- autom4te.cache is not copied over, since libwdi shouldn't have been 
copying it in the first place (the autotools doc says it can safely be 
removed)
- the ltmain patch ($lt_var+set -> set), which I only remember was 
related to NLS but not much else, is not applied. I guess if it's still 
relevant to current dev-envs, we'll pick it up soon enough during testing.

Note that the fact that autotools were ran from Windows/MinGW should be 
irrelevant, especially as I did test that configure/make worked fine on 
Linux. Of course, it won't hurt to confirm it.


Now, in case you have comments with regards to the tagging scheme or the 
tarball location, you first might want to be aware that I didn't exactly 
pick them up at random. The commit message and tag for the RC follow 
exactly what git-core does [4] (so if you don't like it, you can blame 
the Git guys - Ha!), and the tarball location follows what Firefox does [5].

Can't say I'm entirely sure we need to go that far for downloads, but if 
we start providing binaries, and we also have a bunch of RCs, then 
splitting the source from binaries as well as ensuring each release has 
its own dir might make sense. Obviously, I also plan to automate uploads 
when we start pushing regular RCs and releases.

For now, just consider that everything is still up for grabs with 
regards to the organization of deliverables, and don't hesitate to comment.

And please make sure you test RC4 as much as you can before Monday.

Regards,

/Pete

[1] 
http://libusbx.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libusbx/libusbx;a=shortlog
[2] https://sourceforge.net/projects/libusbx/files/releases/1.0.9/source/
[3] 
http://libwdi.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libwdi/libwdi;a=blob;f=_release.sh
[4] http://repo.or.cz/w/git.git/shortlog
[5] ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/12.0b3/source/