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authorDavid Somero <dsomero@hotmail.com>2010-05-13 00:58:58 +0200
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+libusb-1.0 is an almost-rewrite of the previous stable branch,
+libusb-0.1. It is a lightweight library that can be efficiently
+integrated into applications of any kind, with several new features.
+
+Backwards compatibility
+libusb-1.0 is not backwards compatible with libusb-0.1 - all function
+names are different, etc. However, libusb-1.0 is designed to be happily
+installable alongside libusb-0.1 (even in the default configuration) so
+the lack of backwards compatibility is not really a problem - users can
+have both libusb versions present on the same system without conflict.
+
+That said, a libusb-compat-0.1 compatibility layer does exist. This
+is a "wrapper" which converts libusb-0.1 function calls to their 1.0
+equivalents. For more info, see LibusbCompat0.1.