Buildbot is not really useful in terms of testing the Debian build until such times as it can build it on the target OS platform. If that's a requirement, then the focus should be on buildbot upgrades. I think back and we had a stretch distro well before stretch was the stable debian release. It's really been disappointing not to have a Bullseye image as it has left many users floundering. There should not be any more work after the next version is hived off master. The debian release should coincide with the release of the next production version. Look at V 2.8, it's only been upgraded 3 times since its release to 2.8.3 now. That's all that should be going to Debian. I do think however that syncing with the Debian release cycle might require a different mindset... But I think that would be a good thing.
I think Andy is on the right track. Draw a line, focus on bug fixes and no new features and get in step with Debian sooner than later so the workload is not increased. Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 Vehicle Modifications Network www.vehiclemods.net.au On Mon, 5 Sept 2022 at 08:34, Chris Morley <chrisinnana...@hotmail.com> wrote: > I'm not sure you could say it adds _no_ value - the code is compiled and > tested by the buildbot. > Just not on the target you wish yet. - not perfect but still lots of > goodness. > > I personally don't see how we could have a good release candidate anywhere > soon (depends what you mean soon of course - Andy implied weeks or the end > of the year recently) > I got basically no response on my discussion on it here on the maillist > and I see no action towards it. > We have run out of developers/developers time I think. > > But I was more wondering if anyone had thought through the logistics of > dealing with another parallel release and potentially many(?) more users. > I may be making a big deal out of nothing but I thought I'd ask others > thoughts. > > Chris > ________________________________ > From: Rod Webster <r...@vehiclemods.net.au> > Sent: September 4, 2022 9:27 PM > To: EMC developers <emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: Re: [Emc-developers] Debian package - what is the future? > > What has been overlooked so far is that there is still no buildbot version > for 2.9 on Bullseye so its increasingly difficult to deploy Linuxcnc on > newer hardware that requires say 5.10 kernel and higher. Buildbot is a long > way behind current kernel versions. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
