On Thursday 26 September 2019 18:44:08 John wrote: > I've seen a few attempts at converting to Python 3, dunno what the > results ended up being. Sounds like a good brain challenge for me > early in the morning when I'm sipping on my coffee, I'll see if I can > get a branch off of master to run python 3.
Its not something I feel I could do anymore, the wet ram is showing the effects of the accumulated years. > > By "dead" on 1-1-20 do you mean they will turn Python off? I have > Debian 10 on this PC and 2.7.16 is still the default Python... > Support for 2.7 is to be disabled. I'd imagine that implies the repo machines will get recycled to service 3.7 faster. If you still want to use it for new stuff, I'd say to setup a local repo and clone it for your use. > One thing I've noticed is Debian 10 has dropped some libraries that > are used in some of the GUI's, I don't know if the authors are working > on that or not, for me I just don't use them and remove the > dependency. In that case, what quits working? > We seem to be a loosely knit group of time challenged folks as of > late... If thats because business is improving, we shouldn't knock it. :) That was the plan when you built your shop wasn't it? > > I'm still running Ubuntu 10.04 on my Hardinge lathe... Hey, Cardinal rule, John, if its working, don't fix it. I am still running master-rt on wheezy on 3 of my wintel boxes. Working great. Wished I had a Hardinge more than twice, but my Sheldon is approaching pretty good too. And tooling is way cheaper for the sheldon. Last spring I fixed a laser bore sighter for power out of the rear of the spindle, put a photocell on the tailstock, and a knife edge in the toolpost and used the screw comp stuff to compensate for bed wear, and that improved its cylindrical cuts by around 5 thou in the first 14" of the bed, so it can now produce a fairly cylindrical profile there. I was quite disappointed when I found the spindle was bent, about 7 thou at the mouth of the mt5, presumably from haveing a 35lb chuck mounted when it fell over, landing of the compound handle and broke the compound all to pieces, at some point before it jumped into a cargo van and followed me home from Tenn. But thats all been corrected since. But the only work thats come looking for it is stuff I can only do for me unless I want to get a class 3 ffl. Its all hobby anyway, with outgo exceeding income by about 10000/1. With SS for income, I often make rather than buy. With the missus and her COPD keeping me within an hour or 2 of the house, even my second carear is on hold, that of playing traveliing broadcast engineer going around and retuning AM broadcast towers. There's some black magic that sells at a premium price involved there and once I'm not tied to the house, I can double or triple my SS income depending on how much I want to work. Wish I was in your neck of the woods, I hear the fishing is great, and I've heard he doesn't charge you for the time spent tending a fishing rod. Fishing is almost a waste of time here. Got water, miles of it locally as Stonewall Jackson Lake and Dam is just a mile out the other side of town, but few fish. Looks like bassy water, but I've only caught a couple bullheads in 35 years here. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
