>Why? Has anyone indicated a reason why not? If some has, perhaps this >thread should be exploring ways to aleaviate that perceived pain.
I think that is a different issue which might warrant a separate thread. A formal mechanism to connect sponsors with interested developers would be useful. But if there is somebody here that would be interested in some paid sponsored work and knows their way around the /src/emc folder please email me direct. I also know a second party offering to sponsor some work.. Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Wed, 10 Jun 2020 at 10:59, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tuesday 09 June 2020 20:24:09 Rod Webster wrote: > > > >Well maybe they could poke some resources towards helping instead of > > > > coming along for a free ride. > > > > Well they are more than happy to do that and have offered to engage an > > experienced developer several times but nobody seems to care... and > > emails remain unanswered... > > Its a long haul to understand the Linuxcnc internal code in the EMC > > folder as you know. I am trying...... > > > > But they won't be poking resources at RTAI. > > > > > > Rod Webster > > *1300 896 832* > > +61 435 765 611 > > VMN® > > www.vmn.com.au > > > > > > > > On Wed, 10 Jun 2020 at 10:15, Leonardo Marsaglia > > <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > Needless to say, I'm more than thankful to everyone here for the > > > efforts. > > > > > > El mar., 9 jun. 2020 21:13, Leonardo Marsaglia > > > <[email protected]> > > > > > > escribió: > > > > Not even close from being a developer. But I have to say we have > > > > three machines in production five days a week. They are all > > > > working with Wheezy and RTAI. I've tried running PREEMPT-RT with > > > > Stretch on the Mazak and I > > > > > > had > > > > > > > serious latency problems that made the system impossible to work > > > > with > > > > > > so I > > > > > > > think there's a lot of people interested in having RTAI available > > > > as always. > > > > > > > > Leonardo Marsaglia > > > > > > > > El mar., 9 jun. 2020 21:01, Rod Webster <[email protected]> escribió: > > > >> >I don't really understand the need to rush it out right now. I > > > >> > know it > > > >> > > > >> has > > > >> been a long time coming but if it seems this bug can be fixed in > > > >> the foreseeable future we may as well wait a bit longer. > > > >> > > > >> >If folk need 2.8 it is really not too difficult to get. > > > >> > > > >> But Phill, we said that two years ago....... Its time to call it. > > > >> How many are deterred from trying linuxcnc because its so dated? > > > >> > Why? Has anyone indicated a reason why not? If some has, perhaps this > thread should be exploring ways to aleaviate that perceived pain. > > > >> Rod Webster > > > >> *1300 896 832* > > > >> +61 435 765 611 > > > >> VMN® > > > >> www.vmn.com.au > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> On Wed, 10 Jun 2020 at 09:46, Alec Ari via Emc-developers < > > > >> > > > >> [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > Well, how often are isos made? If it's every 5 years or > > > >> > something like that, then I'd say what's a few more weeks or a > > > >> > month? If Paolo > > > > > > doesn't > > > > > > >> > respond or can't figure it out in time for us, and there's a > > > >> > big need > > > >> > > > >> for a > > > >> > > > >> > new iso right away, then leaving it out of the disc image > > > >> > wouldn't be > > > > > > a > > > > > > >> bad > > > >> > > > >> > option. Just don't be trigger happy to drop RTAI support just > > > >> > because > > > >> > > > >> _you_ > > > >> > > > >> > don't need it. > > > >> > > > > >> > I'm not even a machinist, I don't do anything with LinuxCNC > > > >> > except the RTOS side of things, but I don't see LinuxCNC as a > > > >> > useless project. > > > >> > > > >> That's > > > >> > > > >> > what sync (whoever he is) on IRC doesn't understand. There's > > > >> > more to > > > >> > > > >> this > > > >> > > > >> > world than just _him_. A prime example of the selfish children > > > >> > I was referring to in my previous email. RTAI offers lower > > > >> > latency than PREEMPT_RT and for some applications, PREEMPT_RT > > > >> > will not make the > > > > > > cut. > > > > > > >> > I'll post the script right now from Andy to the RTAI mailing > > > >> > list and > > > >> > > > >> see > > > >> > > > >> > what happens. > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > _______________________________________________ > > > >> > 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 > > > 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) > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. > - Louis D. Brandeis > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
