On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 5:22 PM, Kustaa Nyholm <kustaa.nyh...@planmeca.com> wrote: > On 28.8.2012 7.32, "Xiaofan Chen" <xiaof...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>BTW, Nathan is opposed to the Mac OS X HID idea and he is >>now not willing to contribute to libusbx partially because of the >>reason. >> >>http://libusb.6.n5.nabble.com/mac-performance-unsuspending-tt5710394.html# >>a5710457 >>Nathan wrote:"I will not put any fixes into libusbx. I don't like the >>direction that project is taking (HID support == bad idea) or the >>fragmentation having a second projects creates." > > So Nathan has abandoned libusbx? Or was he ever onboard, really? > > Too bad, seems we need an OS X maintainer or what?
If there are another Mac OS X maintainer, that would be good. On the other hand, libusb-1.0 and libusbx share many similar codes. So if Nathan can fix the codes in libusb-1.0, then I think most likely the fixes can be incorporated into libusbx. > Amazing how difficult it is to create decent cross platform USB library > ... I've lost track how many efforts I've seen over the years. > > ATM libusb is dead as far as I'm concerned, it is not going anywhere > (has not been for years) and without supported Windows backend and > a person to support it I don't think it will go anywhere fast. > > I'm betting that the hopefully brisk progress of libusbx, especially > with it's hopefully equally excellent Windows support will gather > a critical user mass and overtake all the other usb libraries. I think libusb-1.0 and libusbx are already the leading cross-platform USB libraries, libusb-0.1 (or libusb-compat) is probably still more popular but more and more new projects move to libusb-1.0 API. -- Xiaofan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ libusbx-devel mailing list libusbx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libusbx-devel
