Hello, truly frightening, but it is indeed another two weeks since our last video meetup
https://greenlight.bbb.uni-rostock.de/b/ste-c4d-brs-3k6 Access code: 869782 Date: December 21st, 2025 https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/cet 20:00 I am amidst some seasonal traveling and do not expect to be available at 20:00, but you will manage without me :-) Best, Steffen > Gesendet: Montag, 8. Dezember 2025 um 22:09 > Von: "rich.colvin--- via Emc-developers" > <[email protected]> > An: "developers EMC" <[email protected]> > CC: [email protected] > Betreff: Re: [Emc-developers] Another Video Meetup on Sunday the 7th of > December, 20:00 GMT+1 (CET) > > 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 > _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
