#810461 u3-tool: please switch to libusb 1.0

Package:
u3-tool
Source:
u3-tool
Description:
tool for controlling the special features of a U3 USB flash disk
Submitter:
Aurelien Jarno
Date:
2025-12-13 23:29:17 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
Tags:
#810461#5
Date:
2016-01-08 18:39:07 UTC
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To:
Dear Maintainer,

u3-tool 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 u3-tool 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.

Thanks,
Aurelien
#810461#12
Date:
2017-06-25 15:33:39 UTC
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tags 810461 upstream help
thanks

Aurelien Jarno wrote...

With the upstream dead odds this will ever happen are pretty low.
Patches welcome.

    Christoph