On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 4:30 PM, Tom Rondeau <t...@trondeau.com> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 5:07 PM, Alexandru Csete <oz9...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 5:09 PM, Marcus D. Leech <mle...@ripnet.com> wrote: >>> On 09/16/2013 10:40 AM, Alexandru Csete wrote: >>>> >>>> Greetings, >>>> >>>> I've been going nuts over the past few weeks why new users end up with >>>> gnuradio 3.6. Clearly, some of them want to use some funky stuff that >>>> has not yet been ported to 3.7, but there are also others who are just >>>> clueless and end up with 3.6 by following the instructions. >>>> >>>> Indeed, according to >>>> http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/InstallingGR >>>> The recommended way to install is the build-gnuradio script and this >>>> script installs the latest 3.6 release. There is no option to install >>>> the latest 3.7 release and there is no option to uninstall previously >>>> installed 3.6! >>>> >>>> This may have worked six months ago when there was only 3.6, but it is >>>> not acceptable today - unless 3.6 really is the recommended version, >>>> which in turn would make me feel like an idiot for distributing stuff >>>> that requires 3.7... >>>> >>>> Anyway, I don't mind having the build-gnuradio script as the >>>> recommended tool for installing gnuradio but it should at least offer >>>> the latest 3.7 release and force the user to make a decision whether >>>> to install 3.6, 3.7 or master. >>>> >>>> Finally, it is unclear to me what the recommended way to uninstall >>>> gnuradio is when using this script. I've seen some people talk about >>>> an "uninstall-gnuradio" script but I can't find any official reference >>>> to that. >>> >>> build-gnuradio -m installs 3.7 >>> >> >> It was my understanding that -m installs the git head and not the >> latest 3.7 release. IMHO, git head does not qualify as a stable >> baseline for application development and distribution. >> >>> There's still a metric ass-tonne of Gnu Radio stuff out there (including my >>> own applications) that is for 3.6, which is why the default for >>> build-gnuradio is to install 3.6.5.1 >> >> My problem is not so much with the script itself as with the fact that >> it is the recommended way to install. Maybe it is unintentional and a >> forgotten leftover from the 3.6-days. That is why I am asking for an >> official opinion, if there is any. >> >> It also appears that many fedora and ubuntu versions now come with >> gnuradio 3.6.5 packaged. >> >> Alex > > > Hi Alex, > > It's actually left over from the very early post-3.7 days. Because of > the many OOT projects using 3.6 (or earlier), we wanted to let things > settle out before defaulting everyone to 3.7. But from all of the talk > on the list and from what I've heard, it sounds like many of the > projects people use and are interested in have been moving over to > 3.7. It's past time to update that language on the website. > > This topic is on the agenda for Thursday's developers call. I just > want to get any more feedback on the issue before we change things. My > thinking right now is that we basically just add an explanation of the > 3.6 vs 3.7 to the download page on the website and also how to get the > different versions using the different tools. I just want to talk > about this out loud on the call to make sure I don't miss anything. > > On the other hand, I put PyBOMBS above the build-gnuradio script to > suggest using the new tool over the build script. But as PyBOMBS > was/is new and because of the conversion of OOT projects to 3.7, I > left the language that build-gnuradio is the preferred method in > there. > > But it's time to update. Thanks for bringing up the conversation.
Hi Tom, Thanks for the info. I think adding a note about 3.6 vs 3.7 would be a good step in the right direction. Alex _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio