[Savannah-hackers] Re: submission of libHID - savannah.nongnu.org

[Mathieu Roy]

Hi,

I'm evaluating the project you submitted for approval in Savannah.



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> A package was submitted to savannah.nongnu.org
> This mail was sent to address@hidden, address@hidden
> 
> Arnaud Quette <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
> License: gpl
> Other License: 
> Package: libHID
> System name: libhid
> Type: non-GNU
> 
> Description:
> libHID - a portable HID API
> 
> libHID aims to provide a layer of abstraction for accessing HID-class [1] 
> devices over USB or serial lines (similar to what libusb [2] provides for the 
> base USB protocol).
> 
> libHID will initially provide a "Generic HID Access", using the MGE HID 
> parser [3], for all platforms supported by libusb, that is to say:
> 
>     * Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Darwin and MacOS X

"Linux" is just a kernel of a more complex system
that we like to refer to as GNU/Linux, to emphasize
the ideals of the Free Software movement.


Would you mind changing references to Linux as an OS
to GNU/Linux?

For more information, see http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html

 
> libHID will also provide "Native HID Access" for:
> 
>     * Linux using kernel 2.4.22/2.6 and above with the new hiddev driver,
> 
>     * Mac OS X using the HID Manager.
> 
> Later versions will maybe provide "Native HID Access" for:
> 
>     * Linux kernel v2.4 with the old hiddev driver,
> 
>     * Win32 (Windows 98 SE and later).
> 
> The project is not currently functional, but the various needed layers are 
> already written (currently embedded in NUT patch ; patches soon available). 
> The "code" available from the homepage [4] is more a set of ideas for the 
> API, and doesn't reflect the final code...
> 
> For more information, please have a look at libHID's current homepage [4].
> 
> [1] http://www.usb.org/developers/hidpage
> 
> [2] http://libusb.sourceforge.net

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