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Is devttys0/libmpsse the de facto upstream for libmpsse?

Open jhgit opened this issue 8 years ago • 7 comments

I would like to add some changes, but I'd like to understand if this is the "right place" for libmpsse now. Was this repo first? Should it be the default upstream for most of the world's consumers of libmpsse?

I'd also like to update the FreeBSD port which is still pointing to the googlecode home for libmpsse. That archive is still available, but obviously it's not an active project there anymore.

I see there are some pending unreviewed (or at least uncommented) issues. If this is to be the default upstream version, maybe the community should add some helpful comments to assist the current committers. Or maybe this repo (if it's the consensus official repo) should add some committers to help maintain it.

jhgit avatar Feb 15 '17 17:02 jhgit

The FreeBSD port has been updated to point to this repo (devttys0/libmpsse), including the proposed fix for issue 16 (support parallel build):

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=217160

Please say so if there is a better upstream location.

jhgit avatar May 02 '17 20:05 jhgit

It would be a good idea to lay down a tag for the existing code base as version 1.3 (for git changeset f1a6744b220d) since that is basically the same as the historical 1.3 googlecode version.

jhgit avatar May 02 '17 20:05 jhgit

As the repo seems to be dead i've forked it and pulled a few outstanding branches that looked sensible to me and going to maintain it for a while at least: https://github.com/l29ah/libmpsse Contributions are welcome.

l29ah avatar May 22 '17 18:05 l29ah

It's too bad this repo (devttys0) has gone radio silent without explanation. Before going too far with new changes, what to you think about my previous comment (a tag for the historical 1.3 googlecode)? We should then target a new release (1.4?) with the first pass of improvements.

jhgit avatar May 22 '17 18:05 jhgit

On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 11:54:25AM -0700, John Hein wrote:

It's too bad this repo (devttys0) has gone radio silent without explanation. Before going too far with new changes, what to you think about my previous comment (a tag for the historical 1.3 googlecode)? We should then target a new release (1.4?) with the first pass of improvements.

Sounds good, i've added the tag. I'm not sure about the version numbering scheme and release policy yet, but i'd call the maintenance versions 1.3.x and jump to 1.4 only when the existing api needs to be broken.

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l29ah avatar May 22 '17 18:05 l29ah

Okay. I'd be okay with a policy of major bump (2.0) for API changes, too. (e.g., http://semver.org/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_versioning#Degree_of_compatibility).

jhgit avatar May 22 '17 19:05 jhgit

On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 12:20:33PM -0700, John Hein wrote:

Okay. I'd be okay with a policy of major bump (2.0) for API changes, too. (e.g., http://semver.org/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_versioning#Degree_of_compatibility).

http://semver.org/ policy code looks good, thanks, i'll use it.

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l29ah avatar May 22 '17 19:05 l29ah