On Wednesday 18 September 2019 17:15:24 Andy Howell wrote: > On 9/18/19 2:27 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Wednesday 18 September 2019 12:46:15 Andy Howell wrote: > >> Our high school has a couple gantry based CNC routers running > >> version 2.5. From perusing the list, it seems like 2.8 is fairly > >> stable even though its not released. I've got a pendant and some > >> other add-ons I want to install. I'd rather put the effort into > >> getting them working on a new system than battling with the old > >> one. > >> > >> This would be a fresh install, on a new hard disk. If I run into > >> issues I need to be able to fall back quickly. > >> > >> I'm comfortable with compiling from source if need be, but was > >> hoping that there is an ISO out there that I could use. > >> > >> I installed in a VM for testing purposes going off > >> https://forum.linuxcnc.org/9-installing-linuxcnc/36413-linuxcnc-deb > >>ian -9-stretch-uspace-2-7-to-2-8. I ended up with 2.9 instead of > >> 2.8. I can grab the 2.8 branch from git. > >> > >> I don't have a specific need for 2.8 over 2.7. I want to avoid > >> installing 2.7 and having 2.8 come out soon after. > >> > >> Are there any reasons I should not attempt 2.8? > >> > >> Is there anything I can do to help nudge 2.8 along? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Andy > > > > I'd not have any 2nd thoughts about 2.9, its master, and with only 3 > > or 4 exceptions over the last several years I've been running > > master, what ever version it claimed, with relatively little drama. > > Generally the progress has been forward, and If I've had a problem, > > the fix has been by return email on this list. A few hours at most. > > So have at it. > > > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Emc-users mailing list > >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > Gene, > > Thanks for the reply. A little more background. I mentor high school > robotics students. I'm confident I can support it as long as I'm > there. No plans to stop mentoring, but at the same time, I don't want > to leave them with a system that is hard to maintain / reinstall. > Sounds like I should be OK as long as I document the setup well. > > Regards, > > Andy > In yoor shoes, I'd feel obligated to leave a step by step. Hardware does take a dump on you occasionally. If you can't follow it, neither will your successor be able to.
Worse, I don't follow my own advice, darnit. > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users 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-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
