I read this document http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Todo-2.6 and I am getting many of the warnings noted in 1.2.7. whenever I build master. I followed this http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?LinuxCNC_On_Ubuntu_Precise (using Lubuntu). Cheers, Phill
On Sun, 12 Jan 2014 12:06:35 -0700 Sebastian Kuzminsky <s...@highlab.com> wrote: > On 01/10/2014 06:39 PM, Chris Morley wrote: > > I get the idea you see master as a very stable almost-could-be-released-now > > branch. > > I see master as a testing branch, bringing a feature into a larger user > > base. > > useable, but can have bugs and breakage at any time. > > > > I wonder what other people think. We probably all think of it a little > > different. > > If you want a super stable master branch all the time then we probably do > > need a third 'testing' branch. > > > > Feature branches are great to build and work on within a limited user base, > > but to really flesh out the details requires lots of people to use it. > > At the moment master is that branch and I think that is mostly because > > its available as binaries on the buildbot. > > All branches that are pushed to git.linuxcnc.org are built by the > buildbot. The debian packages are sorted by the branch they were built > from, into different components of the deb archive: > > debs from master go in master-rt and master-sim > > debs from v2.5_branch go in v2.5_branch-rt and -sim > > debs from v2.4_branch go in v2.4_branch-rt and -sim > > debs from all other branches go in scratch-rt and -sim > > The documentation for this is hidden on the buildbot dev page, > http://buildbot.linuxcnc.org/dev.html, under "Sorting of packages and > other build results". It's not on the front page because i think it's > mostly of interest to developers and I don't think most users will want > to see it. But i may be wrong on that... > > > >> Robert Ellenberg's circular arc blend branch is a wonderful example of > >> this workflow. Unfortunately master is currently frozen for the 2.6 > >> release, so Robert's work has to wait for the creation of the 2.6 branch > >> before it can move ahead. > > > > When did 2.6 get frozen? I don't remember any announcement. > > If 2.6 is frozen then why is there not a 2.6 branch for stabilization now > > and then master can be open for development again. > > I don't understand why we would ever freeze master. > > Since we're all focusing on getting 2.6 releasable now (we're all > focusing on that, right guys?), we shouldn't be adding other things to > master that will interfere with that. That's what I meant by "frozen", > which is probably not the most accurate use of that word. > > This release cycle is obviously not going in an ideal way, for reasons > we've talked about. Normally the freeze would happen on the release > branch as soon as the release branch is created, and master would remain > open. As RM i've decided not to do it that way, hoping that it will > spur people to help on the release instead of developing new features, > but i'm not sure it's had the desired effect... :-/ > > > > If it is frozen does that mean UB3 and ja are not being merged in 2.6? > > Is that official now? > > No, it does not necessarily mean that. > > I'm still hoping that ubc3 can make it into master before the 2.6 > release branch is made, and thus into the 2.6 release. There are > significant problems with this branch still (listed on the Todo-2.6 wiki > page, http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Todo-2.6), i'm working on > it, and i welcome all your continued help with these and other > release-blocking tasks. > > I'm much less excited about delaying 2.6 for joints_axes. I'm currently > leaning towards holding off on joints_axes until next release. Unless > someone steps up and validates ja, it's probably not going into 2.6. > > > > -- > Sebastian Kuzminsky > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. > Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For > Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. > Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
