All, I’m not a developer, but would like to attend these. Would you share the video conference (Zoom?) link for the next call?
Kind regards, Rich You are born weak and frail, and you die weak and frail. What you do between those is up to you. > On Dec 8, 2025, at 16:01, rodw <[email protected]> wrote: > > Re ethercat. > I had the opportunity to speak to Martin Rostan President of the Ethercat > Technology Group when he visited Australia a couple of years ago. > > Here is the current situation I've been able to implement with collaboration > by others. > 1. To be a member of the ETG (which is free) you need to be a company and > LinuxCNC is not. > 2. The amazing foundational work by Sascha Ittner on the linuxCNC Ethercat > driver is now managed (with his consent) on a new extended repository by > Scott Laird at https://github.com/linuxcnc-ethercat/linuxcnc-ethercat > 3. The etherlab master from IgH is now hosted on its own repository > https://gitlab.com/etherlab.org/ethercat > 4. With Sascha's consent, Scott Laird's linuxcnc-ethercat driver is > distributed from the IgH repository. > 5. Github workflows on the linuxcnc-ethercat repository automatically push > changes to the IgH Repository > 7. The IgH Repository is installed by the Linuxcnc 2.9x ISO but no software > is installed because of Item 1 above. > > I believe to finalise this we need to: > 1. Migrate the Ethercat installation instructions in stickies on the > forum (mostly authored by me) to the LinuxCNC documentation > 2. Include a script that installs the IgH repository and then installs the > linuxcnc-ethercat driver > I think this provides sufficient distance between linuxCNC and the ETG (who > are very supportive of LinuxCNC) > > Please record this current state in your Meeting minutes > > >> On 2025-12-09 00:32, Robert Schöftner <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Am Montag, dem 08.12.2025 um 10:17 +0000 schrieb andy pugh: >>> On Sat, 6 Dec 2025 at 11:38, Steffen Möller via Emc-developers >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Hello again, >>>> >>>> We now have a small streak of "every second Sunday" video calls. >>>> And tomorrow, same venue, same time, is the next. >>> >>> Sorry, this completely slipped my mind last night. Can anyone >>> summarise what was discussed? >>> >> >> "We" was rene_dev, nico, steffen and me. >> >> We discussed brad collette's email how FreeCAD is using github and >> organizing developer meetings, followed by how to deal with github- >> issues in a more efficient way proceeded to do some janitorial github >> stuff like creating a 2.10 github-project and associated >> labels/workflow and discussed buildbot and CI issues (in our opinion we >> should mostly rely on github CI and not on any manual steps or >> infrastructure that isn't maintained). >> >> There was a discussion of what to put into 2.10 and how and if it is >> possible to help andypugh with "doing a release". >> >> There was a short mention of the QTVCP / QTPYVCP situation and if we >> should/could/should not add packages of qtpyvcp stuff to the linuxcnc >> debian repository. >> >> We also discussed some "big picture" stuff (maybe for version 3.0) and >> some pain points. >> >> some version 3 ideas that were mentioned: >> >> * build system, reorg of source code, possibly split the GUIs into own >> repositories. >> * overhaul of backplot widget >> * replace NML with something that is maintained and supported by >> currently relevant languages >> * make GUIs independent of HAL >> * port/integrate new tormach TP >> >> we also discussed ethercat, why it's not included (tradmark issues?) >> and if these reasons are valid, possibilty of a corporate sponsor for >> things like ethercat assoc membership. >> >> tormach pathpilot and some forks of linuxcnc were discussed briefly >> (opencn) >> >> that's about it. we try to meet again before christmas, if possible. >> this time it was only german-speaking people, it would be nice if more >> people could join. To that end somebody (steffen?) will post a doodle >> or equivalent some time soon to find a suitable date/time. >> >> >> -- >> Robert Schöftner <[email protected]> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-developers mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
