Re: [Libusbx-devel] Name of the files - getting OT

2012-04-22 Thread Kustaa Nyholm
On 4/21/12 19:36, "Peter Stuge" wrote: >On Windows and Mac OS X I agree with you and Orin, because there are >few (no?) useful system-wide package managers. On Linux and BSD there >is generally a reliable package manager which handles dependencies, >thus avoiding the problem. I of course understan

Re: [Libusbx-devel] Name of the files

2012-04-21 Thread Peter Stuge
Kustaa Nyholm wrote: > I can only speak for myself but I do not see it likely > that libusbx 1.x (or libusb for that matter) will go out > of its way to break neither the ABI or API in the future. This is true at least for libusb. > (As a side note and mostly commercial software developer > actu

Re: [Libusbx-devel] Name of the files

2012-04-20 Thread Kustaa Nyholm
On 4/21/12 08:58, "Jose Pablo" wrote: >I understand that NOW its not a problem. But in a future may be a >problem. So, why don' t change the names NOW and prevent future problems? At the moment the priority is to the project of the ground and get as many people as possible onboard. The purpose o

Re: [Libusbx-devel] Name of the files

2012-04-20 Thread Jose Pablo
I understand that NOW its not a problem. But in a future may be a problem. So, why don' t change the names NOW and prevent future problems? Is an engineering issue, anticipate a future problem and prevent it. Before the problem blow up in front of you. If it not, it's gonna crash on an iceberg as

Re: [Libusbx-devel] Name of the files

2012-04-20 Thread Kustaa Nyholm
On 4/21/12 07:36, "Jose Pablo" wrote: > >Its like you guys are forcing me to take a side. In a way yes. > >Where is my freedom to choose if you are forcing me to choose?. Some freedoms are inherently in conflict with other freedoms. >Thats not good for an free and open source software. Thats

Re: [Libusbx-devel] Name of the files

2012-04-20 Thread Orin Eman
On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 8:21 PM, Jose Pablo wrote: > What If I use a software which uses libusb-1.0 and then I decide to > install another software which use libusbx-1.0? Do I have to uninstall the > first one to uses the second one? Just because you people can´t decide not > to change the names?!

Re: [Libusbx-devel] Name of the files

2012-04-20 Thread Jose Pablo
I read it before. Look at this: *>*> It could even be considered a topic branch of libusb.git. >Again wrong. Libusbx is completely disjoint from libusb. If you want to >consider libusbx as a topic branch of libusb.git, then libusb is also a >topic branch of libusbx.git. >Libusbx is no more a bran

Re: [Libusbx-devel] Name of the files

2012-04-20 Thread Xiaofan Chen
On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 11:40 AM, Xiaofan Chen wrote: > No problem, you have the right to express your feeling. > > On the other hand, if you understand the reason of the fork, then > probably you would understand the decision. Please also read Pete's comments here. http://libusb.6.n5.nabble.com/

Re: [Libusbx-devel] Name of the files

2012-04-20 Thread Xiaofan Chen
On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 11:21 AM, Jose Pablo wrote: > What If I use a software which uses libusb-1.0 and then I decide to install > another software which use libusbx-1.0? Do I have to uninstall the first one > to uses the second one? Just because you people can´t decide not to change > the names?

Re: [Libusbx-devel] Name of the files

2012-04-20 Thread Jose Pablo
What If I use a software which uses libusb-1.0 and then I decide to install another software which use libusbx-1.0? Do I have to uninstall the first one to uses the second one? Just because you people can´t decide not to change the names?! I see a ego problem here. As a user I reclaim for MY RIGH

Re: [Libusbx-devel] Name of the files

2012-04-20 Thread Xiaofan Chen
On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 8:32 AM, Jose Pablo wrote: > Hi everybody > > Can you change the name of this files? > > From:                          To: > libusb.h                       libusbx.h > libusb-1.0.a                 libusbx-1.0.a > libusb-1.0.la                libusbx-1.0.la > libusb-1.0.so

[Libusbx-devel] Name of the files

2012-04-20 Thread Jose Pablo
Hi everybody Can you change the name of this files? From: To: libusb.h libusbx.h libusb-1.0.a libusbx-1.0.a libusb-1.0.lalibusbx-1.0.la libusb-1.0.so libusbx-1.0.so libusb-1.0.so.0libusbx-1.0.