Sebastian, Thank you for clarification. I will take a look at the current state.
Am I correct in saying that I will need to do the following: Build, test and perhaps fix the UI's on the master branch. Backport this work into joints-axes branch, if any issues fix, and retest on both branches. Thank you, -Tom On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 11:08 AM, Sebastian Kuzminsky <[email protected]> wrote: > On 12/21/15 3:35 AM, Thomas Gambone II wrote: > >> What would one need to do the required testing after the maintenance? >> > > I think you should make sure it compiles and runs with some fairly > standard sim configs, and that at least the basic features work (come out > of estop, home, jog, mdi, run programs, single step). I'd consider that a > basic "good enough to ship" test. > > Then of course the maintainer's main responsibility is to respond to > feedback from users and fix bugs as needed. Though based on the lack of > feedback for the past many years, I don't think those UIs have a lot of > users. > > -- > Sebastian Kuzminsky > > > > >> Thank you, >> -Tom >> >> On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 9:42 PM, Jeff Epler <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> In his curent joints-axes branch, dgarr/ja10v2, Dewey Garrett has >>> removed the keystick (curses) and mini (sherline tcl/tk) user >>> interfaces, because they need significant maintainance to be compatible >>> with that branch. >>> >>> We have repeatedly stated that we hope that one major item in the next >>> major LinuxCNC release is joints-axes. This means that if no maintainer >>> steps forward for these components, they will not be in the next version >>> of LinuxCNC after the 2.7.x series. >>> >>> Please let us know if you are a developer (current or new) who hopes to >>> maintain one of these UIs. We can help you with advice and information, >>> but right now I'm not aware of anyone who is planning to take the time >>> to do the work and more importantly test keystick and mini once they're >>> rehabilitated. >>> >>> Jeff >>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
