I don't think many developers actually use the forum. Which is quite a shame reall. But then its not possible to issue emails or private messages so it won't work.. Maybe its actually this email news group. I have to say the EMC chat line is not really a good fit for An Aussie due to the difference in time zones (10-15 hours)
Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Mon, 15 Jun 2020 at 12:39, Stefan Asmus <stefanasmu...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Maybe a section in the forum where people post the work they want to have > done and prospective developers get in contact with them? > ________________________________ > From: Rod Webster <r...@vmn.com.au> > Sent: Monday, 15 June 2020 12:14 PM > To: EMC developers <emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: Re: [Emc-developers] 2.8 Situation > > My original suggestion was that there should be a mechanism that allowed > people who wanted to engage a developer to connect with interested > developers. I still think thats not a bad idea and does not go against > the spirit of the project. When you have a project where you need help you > have no idea who to turn to. > > The good news (for me) is that I've made significant progress with the > enhancements to State Tags I wanted and know how to get it to work. Maybe > I'll learn enough about git to put a PR forward. I still have a lot to > learn but it seemed to me there was a lot of redundant code with a massive > setup structure in the interpreter that seemed to duplicate a lot of the > shared memory variables. Once I finally worked out that the interpreter > kept its own copy of state tags, I made some progress pretty quickly but it > does not seem an ideal algorithm. I think adding a series of motion.tag.nnn > pins that publish all of the available tags would be a useful enhancement > and make the State tags actually useful! > > But I'm still looking for a developer to do the hard stuff! > > Rod Webster > *1300 896 832* > +61 435 765 611 > VMN® > www.vmn.com.au<http://www.vmn.com.au> > > > > On Mon, 15 Jun 2020 at 11:10, Phill Carter <phillcarte...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > If an individual or a business wants to contract a developer to do work > > for them then I don't see a problem with that. They can then choose > whether > > or not they would like to contribute that back to the LinuxCNC project > > although it would be preferable if they did so. > > > > I don't think that LinxCNC as a community should be paying developers nor > > should it have a commercial arm/entity or whatever you want to call it. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-developers mailing list > > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
