On Sunday 14 June 2020 13:25:46 Dean Forbes (PERS) wrote: > I am not a developer and an not hugley active on the linuxcnc forum > and am not a CNC expert but am an enthusiast and would like to share > my view > > Linuxcnc is an open source product but it is also a community > > As a community it will have its moments, groups of people with > different views goals etc etc +1 > Ideas or issues are floated on the mailing list people go off and > create or fix different parts and then submit them for inclusion in > the "product" So on that basis if people had some features that the > community or the communities gate keeper felt appropriate I can not > see an issue with them funding that and that then submitting that for > inclusion - there would be no guarantee for inclusion or rejection > Open source stuff is dealt with by people in there spare time that is > just one of the attributes if there are enough people (and demand) it > tends to move quicker if not then it does not > A good observation.
> As for the infrastructure or organization a safe pair of hand can be > hard to find people sometimes despite being finished with a role are > nervous to step back from the role formally and think I will just keep > doing it but never quite manage to despite good intentions .....In my > opinion some times there needs to be a gap left for people to fill and > this can be hard if the predecessor was particularly good - people > will be or could be apprehensive to step into that space > It has been a while since we had a major release, someone has stepped > forward to take that role on and my guess is he is still finding his > feet and as a community I feel we need to give the next release a > chance to make its way to the finish line and give the person in the > release role all the support we can > > I feel that Linuxcnc is in very capable hands So do I. > As for "commercialisation" I dont believe it is the way to go and > having long term funded roles threatens what Linuxcnc is and > introduces many other dynamic whilst we are not in a perfect world at > the moment it would be more complex and difficult if it were > commercialised in my view > > I may have missed the point and gone off on a ramble - I hope not Nope. > Just my 5 cents > > On Sun, 14 Jun 2020 at 15:04, Rod Webster <r...@vmn.com.au> wrote: > > >I'm not a linuxcnc developer, but I'm working on to become one ;) > > > > I'm not a Linuxcnc developer and I'm trying hard NOT to become one. > > But you do what you have to do so I will follow in your footsteps > > Reinhardt! And self-flagelation is fun sometimes! That grin is very contagious when based on a what if, you get it done in a manner not specified, or even considered as usefull by whomever wrote that particular G code function. > > > > On Mon, 15 Jun 2020 at 00:01, Julian Wingert <julian.wing...@web.de> > > > > wrote: > > > Well, I myself don't have the time to work on lcnc. But paying a > > > few hundred bucks some time or low 2figure regularly wouldn't be > > > an issue. > > > > > > Best regards > > > Julian > > > > > > On 14 June 2020 15:57:08 CEST, Reinhard > > > <reinha...@schwarzrot-design.de> > > > > > > wrote: > > > >Hi Stefan, > > > > > > > >On Sonntag, 14. Juni 2020, 15:49:32 CEST Stefan Asmus wrote: > > > >> So what is the worst case scenario? More forks pop up like > > > > > > > >MachineKit? > > > > > > > >Sorry, my post was not against you! > > > >Although I quoted your mail. > > > > > > > >I HATE people, that travel on goods for nothing and who have the > > > >impertinence > > > >to put in a claim. That's all. > > > > > > > >I'm not a linuxcnc developer, but I'm working on to become one ;) > > > > > > > > > > > >cheers Reinhard > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > >Emc-developers mailing list > > > >Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > > > >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > > > > > > -- > > > Mit freundlichen Grüßen aus Pinneberg > > > Julian Wingert > > > > > > Subtilitas Consulting > > > > > > Holstenstr. 25 > > > 25421 Pinneberg > > > > > > Phone: 0170/4516094 > > > FAX: 03212-1479681 > > > Mail: julian.wing...@subtilitas.de > > > > > > USt-IdNr.: DE272503212 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Emc-developers mailing list > > > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-developers mailing list > > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > 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 Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
