On Friday, February 20, 2015 12:28:05 AM Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > We just reached a milestone in the ongoing work to stabilize the 2.7 > branch in preparation for the upcoming 2.7.0 release. I present to you > the 2.7.0~pre3 pre-release. > > The 2.7 branch contains a couple of significant improvements over the > current stable 2.6 branch. First among these is a new, faster > trajectory planner developed by Rob Ellenberg (sponsored by Tormach), > and Sam Sokolik. The other major new feature is support for the > RT-Preempt realtime kernel, developed by Jeff Epler. > > A ton of work has gone into this pre-release: fixing bugs, polishing > rough edges, and improving the documentation. > > This pre-release is recommended for anyone who wants to try out the new > highly anticipated features, or who wants to help test out the next > stable version of LinuxCNC and report any bugs they find. > > The highlights of this pre-release are: > > * add moveoff, a simple jog-while-paused implementation > * add uspace support to gm6 driver > * removed probe_parport, it's no longer needed > * fix an I/O region resource leak in RTAPI > * fix several GUI bugs > * fix several bugs in the new trajectory planner > * hm2: fix bugs in EPP driver, Ethernet driver, and sserial driver > * fix a dropped MDI bug in Task > * improved docs > * NML: implement command queue with reliable reception > * improved test coverage > > > Some demos of the new moveoff jog-while-paused feature are here: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY6hx7WBkO8 > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGDq6620fPQ > > > Instructions for making fresh installs: > http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.7/html/getting-started/index.html#_getting_l > inuxcnc > > Instructions for upgrading from 2.6: > http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.7/html/getting-started/index.html#_updating_ > linuxcnc > > If you are upgrading to 2.7.0~pre3 from LinuxCNC 2.6 or from an earlier > pre-release of 2.7, you may need to update your machine configs. > Details here: > http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.7/html/getting-started/index.html#_updating_ > your_config > > > Credits go to the folks who have been developing the new features & > fixing the new (and old!) bugs, testing the new code & reporting bugs, > helping out on the forums, mailing lists, and irc, and improving the > documentation. > > The folks who committed to 2.7.0~pre3 are: > > * Andrew Kyrychenko > * andy pugh > * Bence Kovacs > * Chris Morley > * Chris Radek > * Dewey Garrett > * Jeff Epler > * John Thornton > * Michael Geszkiewicz > * Mick (Arceye) > * Moses McKnight > * Norbert Schechner > * Robert W. Ellenberg
And a hearty tip of a now aging Woolrich hat to all of you. Thank you ALL very much. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=190641631&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
