On 2013.06.10 17:42, Nathan Hjelm wrote: > Peter's time has gotten to be very limited so I have opted to take over > maintenance of > libusb. I have been in contact with the libusbx team to and invited them > to rejoin libusb > as maintainers and they have accepted. The plan is for us to work > together in a 1.0.16 > release of libusbx. This release will be the combination of the libusbx > codebase and my > efforts on libusb 1.0.16 and will be the final release of libusbx. After > 1.0.16 is > out we plan to rename the libusbx github group to libusb and wind down > the libusbx > sourceforge project. From that point on the official libusb repository > will be at github > (this includes libusb-compat-0.1). > > More details will be available (some things may change) as we get closer > to finally > merging the two projects.
I'll just add to this that, as you've seen from recent work on libusbx, and with everybody's help, the effort to merge the content of the two codebases is already well underway. I'll also point out that Nathan was added as a maintainer of libusbx some time ago. While we hope to make the transition back into a single libusb distribution as smooth as possible, there are some changes that will be unavoidable for libusbx users, such as switching the git repo as well as the mailing list. Of course, we will provide you with ample notice before it happens. Also, as pointed out by Nathan, the upcoming re-merged libusb is planned as a direct continuation of libusbx, so the effort to transition back to libusb, for libusbx based apps, is expected to be minimal. For instance, if you follow libusbx through git, you should just have to change your repository base (which is also something libusb followers will have to do), or, if you use tarballs, you will just need to pick it from a different location, which we will also point you to. Overall, we think that the decision to merge libusb and libusbx back together, when the main obstacle that prevented regular libusb releases can be circumvented, is something that both libusb and libusbx users can benefit from. Therefore we hope that everybody will welcome this change. Regards, /Pete ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ libusbx-devel mailing list libusbx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libusbx-devel
