Mark Herwege

The one thing being overlooked in all these discussions is that an item can be linked to two or more channels (and things) at the same time. I know this...

> > I could agree with making the `Number:Dimensionless` default unit to be `%` as that would solve most issues. > > Just to be clear, you mean the UI...

Please read the whole discussion. An item can be linked to multiple things and channels. If each binding gives different suggestions, this again creates conflict and confusion. I would even...

> So I imagined the UI would be able to pick up the hint for the given channel and use it to default to unit of the item being created....

I would still urge to implement limiting the number of interfaces being used, similar to what is now done in https://github.com/openhab/openhab-core/pull/4036. I am working on extending the setup wizard to...

> @mherwege : any chance that you add this new attribute in the sitemap generator ? Yes, I will.

I forgot about it, but I did already create the PR for it in the sitemap creator: https://github.com/openhab/openhab-webui/issues/2345. It has been merged a while already.

> Without wishing to further confuse the issue, I should perhaps mention that there is potentially yet another way of extracting USB device discovery data on the Windows platform --...

> So we need to discuss a) if it should only be loaded on systems with OS other than Windows or Linux, or b) if this PR should even be...

> we can remove the Linux and Windows binaries Wouldn’t that mean se have to compile and maintain a copy ourselves?