On Mon, 14 Nov 2022 at 10:18, Rod Webster <r...@vehiclemods.net.au> wrote: > > Do we really need a Bullseye release?
I think so. I have the impression that the 2.9 release is already considered "late" and our LiveCD is currently based on Buster (which is out of date, though still supported as oldstable, I think?) Bookworm is due to be released in the middle of next year, which seems a long time to be distributing a Buster ISO. > If the Debian release freeze starts In January and we've always had to > build from source on Bullseye, aren't we going backwards and doubling the > maintenance? No, going forward from Buster, which is our current release platform (buildbot debs and ISO OS) We would theoretically be reducing maintenance as 2.9 abandons support for Python2 and GTK2. http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?MinimumSoftwareVersions That means supporting Buster, Bullseye, Bookworm and Focal but not bothering any more with being compatible with Precise, Wheezy, Jessie or Stretch. Even when Bookworm is out we still have a bit of a gap if we want to continue to support RTAI as the Debian infrastructure is (probably) only going to build the uspace version. There are helper apps that work fairly well to run linuxcnc-uspace on RTAI or Xenomai kernels. Would we want to add those to Debian too? I think that we would continue to host the less mainstream debs at www.linuxcnc.org/dists along with some of or backported packages (where required) -- 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, 1912 _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
