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From: Rod Webster <r...@vehiclemods.net.au>
Sent: May 21, 2019 10:43 PM
To: EMC developers
Subject: Re: [Emc-developers] Introduction and a couple of questions
Chris/Rob/Andy
>> I don't want to sound negative or a whinger.
You don't - it's frustration
>>>Reverse run is not even in master yet - so how could we release it?
>>So the question really is why did Phill have to start again? All he did was
>>update that branch. It should have been in master by now.
>>Why don't you at least get his work into the official repository?
There is no process for merging work. It usually comes down to the guy who made
the
code merging it himself. The guy who made this was not a dev and none of the
devs
needed it.
compounded that master is used so regularly that devs are reluctant to commit
work that is not theirs, in case
it breaks things. - Who will fix it in a timely matter.
As you can see alot of catch 22s here.
>The last commit to the state tags branch was in February 2015 and I
>understand its been in use commercially since around then.
>What causes this paralysis?
Pilotpath is it's own project they pay people to work on the code for what they
want.
Again with no formal merge process nor enough devs to spend on it the patches
sit too long, then are hard to merge.
>Why did I see Andy's multi spindle sneak into master and I knew nothing
>about it? Yeh, I know I don't use a spindle but I do follow progress pretty
>closely
>You might recall that was not entirely bug free on its debut.
Andy can push his own work and commit to fixing what broke quickly.
There was no serious talk of release in the near future.
>I think what Phill has done with his plasma component and GU's is amazing.
>But he
>should not need to maintain the core code for a 4 year old feature on a
>private repository to achieve it.
I agree - and it's great they we are talking about it - I feel this time
something will happen.
We have tried a few time to address these short comings and have never got it
satisfactory.
But the project continues.
Chris M
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