I agree with Chris. I don't think there could be a better time to release master, 2.8, or whatever it will be called. At this point it has been stable for some time and has been VERY heavily tested and a LOT of people are using it in production. If anything it is more reliable than the current stable. I am a strong proponent of merging Multi Spindle, External Offsets, Revers Run and QtVCP, but I think we should seriously think about releasing master beforehand. If we don't it will probably end up being another year at least before it is released. That would not be bad, but I do think a lot of people would benefit from on official release the supports J/A. (trentster on IRC this evening being a good case in point)
I also think that jepler's Stretch ISO is ready for prime time and should be put in the spot light as it deserves :) Cheers, Kurt On Sep 19 2018, at 12:14 am, Chris Morley <[email protected]> wrote: > > I too agree with merging branch such as you named. > I also am interested in merging qtvcp soon. > > My question is about merge strategy. > Merging invariably will cause/show a couple bugs... that's really the point > of master before release. > It's been a long time since a release from master. > We could release master before merging a bunch of stuff in - as it seems > pretty stable right now. > Or we probably should wait six months after merging major code projects, to > clean up any bugs. > > my 2 cents. > Chris M > ________________________________ > From: andy pugh <[email protected]> > Sent: September 18, 2018 12:05 PM > To: EMC developers > Subject: [Emc-developers] New Stuff > > If I am going to merge Multispindle, perhaps we should also look at > adding two other things. > > 1) External Offsets > 2) Reverse Run. > > As far as I know neither of these have any effect unless actively enabled. > So I see no reason _not_ to merge them. > I find myself advocating both branches on the forum reasonably regularly. > External Offsets is potentially extremely useful for Plasma THC (and > also potentially for PCB engraving, following an STL surface like > probekins tried to.) > Lots of users are using Plasma with THC, with varying degrees of success. > > Reverse run looks useful for wire spark erosion. At least one user is > building one of those. > > -- > atp > "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is > designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and > lunatics." > — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1916 > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
