Misc: To release 1.0.28

[tormodvolden]

Pending review, may be postponed if not enough reviews:

(Windows)

• Replace option-based RAW_IO support with new API functions. #1297 (new API)
• Lazy CreateFile with WinUSB backend #1181
• WinUSB isochronous transfer stability fixes #749
• libusb support for isochronous transfer on Windows composite device #1227
• Windows: Deal with failed synchronous control transfers #1018 (libusb0.sys)
• DeviceIoControl use async mode #1127

(General)

• Various static analysis fixes #1067
• remove "num_iso_packets" from structure "struct usbi_transfer" #890

Important changes merged:

Other changes merged:

[mcuee]

We also hope to sort out #86 (long standing missing features for Windows) with PR #1406

• Windows: libusb Windows hotplug support #86
• windows: hotplug implementation #1406

[mcuee]

Another long standing issue with libusb is better Android support. Hopefully we will have some further review and updates of the following PR.

• JNI Android Support on Unrooted devices #1164

[mcuee]

CI related PR may be desired as well.

• Add CodeQL workflow #1294
• Add Windows MSVC build to Github Actions #1353
• Run tests for AppVeyor too #1360

[mcuee]

Hopefully the following confirmed bugs can be fixed as well.

• hotplugtest crash when unplug an external USB hub under macOS #1445

#1452 does not help to fix #1445 but it may worth being reviewed and merged if deemed correct.

• hotplug_exit: removes all parents with a single child remaining in parent tree + lock device list #1452

[fabiensanglard]

Do you think we can add Add support for SuperSpeed+ Capability Descriptors #1428 to 1.0.28?

[tormodvolden]

Note that this is just a wishlist, and to not lose something off the radar as we approach the release. In principle we'll include what is ready and approved if we can. And waiting for something that we really wanted was not always a good idea. Finally, we have 50 pull requests and we don't need to list them all here.

[sonatique]

@mcuee

Hopefully the following confirmed bugs can be fixed as well.

• hotplugtest crash when unplug an external USB hub under macOS #1445

#1452 does not help to fix #1445 but it may worth being reviewed and merged if deemed correct.

• hotplug_exit: removes all parents with a single child remaining in parent tree + lock device list #1452

Actually latest #1452 does fix this issue (more precisely the second commit named "mutex protection of context device list while cleaning it" , as stated here: #1445 (comment)

[mcuee]

@sonatique

Thanks, latest PR #1452 is able to fix #1445 now.

• hotplugtest crash when unplug an external USB hub under macOS #1445
• hotplug_exit: removes all parents with a single child remaining in parent tree + lock device list #1452

[mcuee]

Hopefully we can get more reviewers and testers to get libusb-1.0.28 release in year 2024.

• Contributors are welcome to have more regular release #1325