I'm using this since version usbutils-0.71, now it had been bumped to r1 for 3 months, it worked find on my computer, also, it support the new usb.ids file format, so I request to mark this version stable.
0.71 is no good, but 0.71-r1 is fine by me
stable on x86
stable on ppc64
sparc stable.
stable on amd64
Marked ppc stable.
mips stable.
should be all set