[Libusb-devel] OpenUSB project is up (Was: We feel it is time to fork the USB API)

[Sophia Li <Sophia.Li@Sun.COM>]

Hi, all

This is a message to inform you that OpenUSB project has finally got 
opened. It is a fork of the libusb 1.0 project. If you don't know why we 
made the fork, you may need to look a while back into the archives for 
discussions on libusb 1.0 project. It is a long history, a hard decision.

Based on existing libusb 1.0 API and implementation, we set up much more 
specific goals and requirements for the OpenUSB project. Please take a 
look at our webpage at http://openusb.sourceforge.net/.

Opening the project and defining the project scope is just the first 
stake in the ground. The website is still under construction. The API, 
the codes, the documentation, ..., plenty of work remains. We now have 4 
developers, but our expertise is constrained most in Solaris. We are 
looking forward to developers in other expertise domains joining us.

If you are interested in joining the openusb project, feel free to 
contact us. Also, any thoughts on refining or expanding the project 
scope are welcome. We name this project "openusb" right in the hope that 
the project would be open to more voices and more developers would be 
involved in the development work.

So far, we have made some progress in Solaris and Linux implementations. 
For Solaris, the USB tree navigation and basic I/O functions have been 
implemented. For Linux, the isochronous I/O support is added. But the 
codes are not yet available on our website. We need several extra days 
to set up the repository. So please stay tuned.

Cheers,
Sophia