Re: [Libusb-devel] libusb new release

[nico <sl1...@gm...>]

Xiaofan,



Le Mon Sep  5 16:25:34 2011, Xiaofan Chen a écrit :
> On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 9:40 PM, nico<sl1...@gm...>  wrote:
>> Guys,
>> i read summer's thread about upgrading libusb version, but due to my
>> lack of english, i don't know if you came to a decision.
>
> For the new release, it depends on the current maintainers and so far
> no news from them. One is known to be too busy to participate in the
> project any more. The other is probably busy as well since the last
> update is 6 weeks ago.
> http://git.libusb.org/?p=libusb-stuge.git;a=summary;js=1
>
>> maybe i'm wrong, but i also read that zadig.exe won't be developped
>> anymore...
>
> I do not remember Pete Batard mentioned that in the list and I think
> Zadig/libwdi are working fine. He is usually very helpful if you find
> issues with libwdi/Zadig and libusb-pbatard tree of libusb-1.0 Windows
> backend..
>
>> can you tell me about libusb status ?
>> and for what it worth i vote for upgrade.
>
> What is your target OS for libusb-1.0? If you are using Linux and/or
> Mac OS X, I do not think you need to worry too much. It is too
> important to be failed for at least the Linux users. You can also distribute
> a patched version of 1.0.8 if the released 1.0.8 is not good for you.
>
> Reference:
> [1] http://libusb.6.n5.nabble.com/GUsb-project-td4715830.html
> [2] http://ludovicrousseau.blogspot.com/2011/05/new-version-of-libusb-part-2.html
> [3} https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/libusb1?_csrf_token=01c5382b21122f5999ce9246c8e692efe0058e60
>
> If you are a Windows user, my suggestion is not to count on libusb-1.0
> to be officially released for Windows anytime soon. You can either use
> libusb-pbatard since it works for most users. Or you can try to use other
> solutions like existing libusb-win32, or WinUSB, or the upcoming libusbk.
>
> libusb-1.0 Windows backend: http://www.libusb.org/wiki/windows_backend
> libusb-win32: http://sourceforge.net/projects/libusb-win32/
> libusbk: http://code.google.com/p/usb-travis/
>

many thank you for this detailed answer.
i distribute my software for MacOS, Linux & Windows.

if i understand, for the two first, i can use code linked under 
fedoraproject (i don't use GLib and official git repo hadn't been 
updated since 2010-10)

for windows, i used libusb-1.0 Windows backend.
do you suggest me to give a shot to libusbK? also does provided dll are 
compiled with mingw ?

many thanks,
++
Nicolas