> On 1 Dec 2022, at 10:27 am, Steffen Moeller <steffen_moel...@gmx.de> wrote: > > > Am 30.11.2022 um 19:12 schrieb Chris Morley: >> The difference is free cad doesn't compete with anything in linuxcnc. Qtpycp >> does. If they wanted to be included in linuxcnc, then they would have been >> part of the project. They made a choice. >> Otherwise as I said you are undermining the hard work of the devs that are >> active in our project. > > I consider all our users to be somehow part of our project and am > agnostic about the interface they are using. From how I see it, if > PyQtVCP does something better than QtVCP then QtVCP gets some > encouragement and ideas on how to improve and vice versa. Both GUIs > should be as easy to install and use as possible. Neither QtVCP nor QtPyVCP are GUIs, they are infrastructure for creating GUIS. I would think that most users will use neither, they will just use the GUIs that have been developed.
> > Best, > Steffen > >> >> >> -------- Original message -------- >> From: Steffen Moeller <steffen_moel...@gmx.de> >> Date: 2022-11-30 9:35 a.m. (GMT-08:00) >> To: emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net >> Subject: Re: [Emc-developers] Eye candy is important - Titan got a new >> German friend - want that reaction for a LinuxCNC controller >> >> >> Am 29.11.2022 um 19:06 schrieb Chris Morley: >>> Are you discussing an official linuxcnc release of ISOs? >> So I hope. >>> Are you suggesting including qtpyvcp on the ISO? >> There are four Python modules missing in Debian to do so, from what I >> have yet understood. But I feel motivated to help out, just locally >> packaged oyaml. >>> In my mind that undermines qtvcp which is actually part of linuxcnc. >>> Full disclosure, qtvcp is project I started so I am slightly biased. >> My motivation is to bring the best of Open Source CNC on Linux together >> to help myself and others. And from what I hear and see, this includes >> PyQtVCP. You may have a point for the minimal version of that .iso, but >> for the full featured one it should be in, also FreeCAD and inkscape. >> >> Steffen >> >>> -------- Original message -------- >>> From: Steffen Möller <steffen_moel...@gmx.de> >>> Date: 2022-11-29 8:53 a.m. (GMT-08:00) >>> To: LinuxCNC Dev Mailing List <emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net> >>> Subject: [Emc-developers] Eye candy is important - Titan got a new German >>> friend - want that reaction for a LinuxCNC controller >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> No need to watch this, really. Titan has a nice Heller machine and passes >>> the Sinumeric control >>> https://youtu.be/zToKZtqQMIo?t=354 >>> with some excitement. I actually find LinuxCNC even nicer, especially for >>> what I saw from https://www.qtpyvcp.com/ . >>> >>> When we yesterday had this OpenMike session again, we had felt like there >>> should be four USB sticks prepared: >>> a) for two distros - Bullseye (Debian stable) and Bookworm (Debian >>> testing, soon stable) >>> b) in two flavours - minimalistic and fully-featured (including FreeCAD >>> and Inkscape to make a good impression on those who come from the other OS) >>> >>> Andy had some confidence (and I share that) that the generation of those >>> .iso files per se is not difficult. It was not immediately clear where the >>> generation of those .iso files should happen, but the builders maintained >>> by Sebastian are a likely target IMO. >>> >>> Question: Is there anybody out there who would like to work with me on a >>> description and implementation of what the fully-featured .ISO should like >>> alike? This would be Intel-only as a start, leaving everything for the RPi >>> to Raspbian for the time being. >>> >>> There are a couple of Python libraries still missing on Debian to get >>> QtPyVCP installed. This would likely be something for me to address. >>> >>> Best, >>> Steffem >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto: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
