OK, I wonder if we could organise a Google meet to discuss this before I go back to Damien so I understand requirements. Also it would be good if somebody could find out memory requirements for a buildbot.
I am GMT +10 so off to bed now. Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 Vehicle Modifications Network www.vehiclemods.net.au On Mon, 14 Nov 2022 at 21:28, andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, 14 Nov 2022 at 10:18, Rod Webster <r...@vehiclemods.net.au> wrote: > > > > Do we really need a Bullseye release? > > I think so. I have the impression that the 2.9 release is already > considered "late" and our LiveCD is currently based on Buster (which > is out of date, though still supported as oldstable, I think?) > > Bookworm is due to be released in the middle of next year, which seems > a long time to be distributing a Buster ISO. > > > If the Debian release freeze starts In January and we've always had to > > build from source on Bullseye, aren't we going backwards and doubling the > > maintenance? > > No, going forward from Buster, which is our current release platform > (buildbot debs and ISO OS) > We would theoretically be reducing maintenance as 2.9 abandons support > for Python2 and GTK2. > http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?MinimumSoftwareVersions > That means supporting Buster, Bullseye, Bookworm and Focal but not > bothering any more with being compatible with Precise, Wheezy, Jessie > or Stretch. > > Even when Bookworm is out we still have a bit of a gap if we want to > continue to support RTAI as the Debian infrastructure is (probably) > only going to build the uspace version. > > There are helper apps that work fairly well to run linuxcnc-uspace on > RTAI or Xenomai kernels. Would we want to add those to Debian too? > > I think that we would continue to host the less mainstream debs at > www.linuxcnc.org/dists along with some of or backported packages > (where required) > > > > -- > atp > "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is > designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and > lunatics." > — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
