[Epsonepl-users] Withdrawal of the epsonepl-usb branch, and USB printing

[Hin-Tak L. <hin...@ya...>]

Apologies to those who are confused by the -usb branch.
5800L/5900L USB printing already works without it,
and the branch was ever only intended for the
5700L+USB combination, as it was mentioned in the
initial announcement.

I have withdrawn the 'epsonepl-usb' branch, because it has
served its purpose (as a bundle for the introduction of
experimental not-quite-portable means of solving the
5700L's bid and flow control problem when printing via
USB).

For those who haven't been following the -devel list,
the ./configure script currently in CVS can do host OS
and kernel version detection and can opt-out the
non-portable code portions when built on non-linux
systems, so the 5700L-specific non-portable parts
are now fully merged back to the latest code in CVS
and integrated.

Before the next release, here is the recommended
set up:

================================================
Model    parallel port    USB
================================================
5900L    v0.2.2           v0.2.2
5800L    v0.2.2           v0.2.2
5700L    v0.2.2           (CVS version required)
================================================

i.e. only the 5700L+USB combination requires
the latest code, available only in CVS.

v0.2.2, which was released nearly two months ago,
is appropriate for any other combination,
including the 5700L+parallel_port.