Bug#810408: discover: please switch to libusb 1.0
On Fri, 8 Jan 2016 19:36:20 +0100 Aurelien Jarno <aurel32@debian.org> wrote:
> Package: discover
> Version: 2.1.2-7
> Severity: wishlist
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> discover 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 discover supports the new libusb 1.0 library, please consider
> switching the build-depends from libusb-dev to libusb-1.0-0-dev. If not
> please inform upstream that porting the software to the new API is
> recommended.
>
Any update on this?
On my laptop here, discover is the last package depending on libusb 0.1
Regards,
Laurent Bigonville
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