That's what Matthew said to do .....
On Friday, 13 January 2017 19:58:01 UTC+2, wxwatching wrote: > Ok, I installed git and cloned a copy of Weewx to my RPi2. Do I install it > using the setup.py method? > > Thanks, > Anthony > > On Friday, January 13, 2017 at 9:00:05 AM UTC-5, mwall wrote: >> >> On Friday, January 13, 2017 at 8:12:22 AM UTC-5, wxwatching wrote: >>> >>> mwall, >>> >>> Thanks for the info. I don't suppose there is a date set yet for that >>> release? If it is still sometime away, I am not adverse to install a >>> development version, although I have never installed from github and am not >>> quite sure how to go about that. >>>> >>>> >>>> >> usually it is pretty safe to use what is on the master branch. we try to >> never 'break' the master, but sometimes bugs happen. >> >> really disruptive changes happen on a branch so they can be tested >> first. for example, there is a lot of activity right now on the >> 'development' branch. >> >> there is not yet a date set for the 3.7 release. there will probably be >> a lengthy public testing period before 3.7 is ready to replace 3.6. >> >> if you want to run from code directly from master, download the zip file >> from github (click the green 'clone or download' button and select >> 'Download ZIP'). unzip it, then install using the setup.py approach. deb >> and rpm packages are only available once we get into the last stages of >> testing a release. >> >> if you want to keep updated with the latest changes from master, then use >> 'git' to clone the repository and to update your copy over time. details >> for doing that would take more than a couple of sentences. >> >> if you are playing with unstable code (yours or that of someone else), be >> sure to backup your database, and keep a copy of your working weewx around >> in case you want to roll back. >> >> its pretty easy to switch back and forth from one version of weewx to >> another, but probably not something you want to do on a production system. >> >> m >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
