On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 at 18:27, Andy Howell <a...@gamubaru.com> wrote: > > 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? >
Not that I can see. It has a few subtle problems still, but only in unusual or especially demanding configurations. If your router are the two-motor gantry design then 2.8 offers genuine advantages such as auto-squaring during homing. You can configure your system to pull binaries from the buildbot. This is quite a lot like running a normal system except that updates happen somewhere between weekly and several times a day. And sometimes you can end up with a broken version in master. However, 2.8 is now locked into "bugfix and repair" only so should only ever get better. buildbot.linuxcnc.org Is there anything I can do to help nudge 2.8 along? Good question. In theory mozmck is in charge as the release manager. If you feel particularly enthused you could look at the issues list and see if anything looks fun. https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/issues If your school does computing as a course then it would have been nice if there was a "good first issue" to use as an example exercise (but nothing is tagged as such) Maybe #610? (though that isn't blocking 2.8, I don't think). That doesn't go into the scary deep layers of LinuxCNC where even the long-timers get lost. -- 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, 1916 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
