On 8/13/26 2:14 PM, Zdeněk Z wrote:
Users who want to keep using the old driver can of course stay with LinuxCNC
2.9 indefinitely. But for users moving to a newer LinuxCNC version, I think
it is important to clearly communicate that mesa_modbus has reached the end
of its life and that hm2_modbus is its replacement.
That is a very true observation.
The current plan is to inform the user of deprecation when modcompile is
run. There are no formal guidelines how long something stays deprecated
before removed.
I do not know of any other channel than the mailing lists where these
changes are announced. It was my understanding of the original mail that
it did exactly that, announce the upcoming deprecation of the old driver.
FWIW, there are many more changes coming and some are or may be breaking
changes for users that have (deep) source-code integrated
customizations. Progress takes its toll.
> So my concern is not keeping the old driver alive. It is making the
> migration path clear and visible to the existing user base.
Creating new (howto) documentation and describing a migration path is
important. Please, if you can find the time, you are welcome to add and
fix the docs. ;-)
Always appreciated to include better docs.
--
Greetings Bertho
(disclaimers are disclaimed)
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