On 09.01.2016 02:38, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > Package: scanbd > Version: 1.4.1-7 > Severity: wishlist > > Dear Maintainer, > > scanbd has a build-depends on libusb-dev. A few years ago upstream > has released a new major version libusb 1.0 with a different API which > aims to fix design deficiencies with USB 2.0 and 3.0 in mind. > > The old libusb 0.1 package is not supported upstream anymore and should > be considered deprecated. > > If scanbd supports the new libusb 1.0 library, please consider > switching the build-depends from libusb-dev to libusb-1.0-0-dev.
Aurelien, thank you for the heads-up. I specifically set the build dependency to libusb-dev to avoid dependency on a specific version. I believe you are the maintainer of the libusb-dev package. Do you plan to point that libusb version 1.0 eventually? That's the way I was hoping to do the migration. I tested today and the package scanbd compiles fine. The binary package seems to run fine as well. It turns out the bug you reported would be a non-issue on upgrade to the new API of libusb-dev. What do you suggest to do considering my preference to stay version-agnostic in the build dependencies. Regards Rolf
