On Wednesday 02 April 2014 19:24:32 Lars Segerlund did opine: > What I am saying is this is the same talk as for the 2.4 release, a > couple of years ago. > Now there is nothing of importance in the 2.6 release described > above, and it will take a couple of years for interesting stuff to > make it to mainline. > > That puts it ouside my interest, I have been waiting for this stuff > for 3 years and now it's the same talk as last time, so for me this > makes EMC irrelevant, all the effort so many people have put in the > good features. > > The new motion planner would be a really neat option to BE ABLE to > enable and test, now it will die a slow death on the develbranch. > > / Lars Segerlund
And I fear that it will be exactly so. Frankly, I don't want a 2.6 that is not even a change in the size of the chocolate chips used in the cookie dough. I want a 2.6 that we can switch in the new motion planner with a keyword switch in our .ini files. After listening to the progress reports almost all winter, then to be denied the ability to play with it, take it for a run & see if it stays on the trail, does not seem to be exposing it to the shakedown & bug fix phase until the architect has his phd degree & goes on the greener pastures. Hell, its not even fair to him that he has put some considerable time & talent into it, and then not get to see it widely used. To borrow a phrase from a lady engineer friend of mine, Joanne Dow, that sucks dead toads through soda straws. So, IMO, hold 2.6 until the TP/motion_planners _are_ switchable. Then turn it loose so we can find new ways to break it. Otherwise we'll never make progress even at the rate Mach makes. And from what I read, thats glacial. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
