Re: [Emc-developers] Fwd: Re: Proposal: Stop supporting Py2 and GTK2 in Master.

2021-05-12 Thread Feral Engineer
Chris has a point. I use master because of the change in behavior of using double homing on my lathe (prox pulse and mechanical switch). The added ini flag allowed me to do this without a hiccup and I've been using it reliably ever since. I'm sure others are using it for the beta stuff that is work

Re: [Emc-developers] LinuxCNC Board of Directors

2021-05-12 Thread Feral Engineer
I would hop on this in a heartbeat. I've literally been learning C so I can eventually join in on development in some way, shape or form. Currently on video 89 of 270 from neso academy on YouTube on C programming and data structure. Their videos are incredible. Having direct ties to the machine to

[Emc-developers] LinuxCNC Board of Directors

2021-05-12 Thread linuxcnc
Gentlemen and all. Long ago there was a Board of Directors for Linuxcnc. Could it be time again to establish a Board, comprised of users and developers. To aid in direction, and make well informed and knowledgeable decisions. Decisions like PY3 upgrade and release managers. Just a thought.

Re: [Emc-developers] Proposal: Stop supporting Py2 and GTK2 in Master.

2021-05-12 Thread Frank Tkalcevic
> Python3 is available on all supported OS versions. Is it safe to say just Python3, or do we need to specify a version - the python download page offers 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9 with all different End of Support dates. I used some software the other day that would only work with 3.8; not 3.7 and no

Re: [Emc-developers] Proposal: Stop supporting Py2 and GTK2 in Master.

2021-05-12 Thread Alec Ari via Emc-developers
I am 100% for this. Please no more EOL Python 2 and EOL GTK+2. Alec ___ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers

Re: [Emc-developers] Fwd: Re: Proposal: Stop supporting Py2 and GTK2 in Master.

2021-05-12 Thread Hans Unzner
Am 12.05.21 um 11:56 schrieb Rene Hopf via Emc-developers: is there anything currently in master that isnt in 2.8 that people who dont want to update their os might need? Some extensions of the MB2HAL component but I don't know it this is used often. Hans _

Re: [Emc-developers] Fwd: Re: Proposal: Stop supporting Py2 and GTK2 in Master.

2021-05-12 Thread Chris Morley
From: Nicklas SB Karlsson Sent: May 12, 2021 4:45 PM To: Rene Hopf via Emc-developers Subject: Re: [Emc-developers] Fwd: Re: Proposal: Stop supporting Py2 and GTK2 in Master. Den 2021-05-12 kl. 11:56, skrev Rene Hopf via Emc-developers: > > On 12.05.21 11:51,

Re: [Emc-developers] Fwd: Re: Proposal: Stop supporting Py2 and GTK2 in Master.

2021-05-12 Thread Chris Morley
On 2021-05-12 10:15 a.m., andy pugh wrote: On Wed, 12 May 2021 at 14:43, Chris Morley wrote: I just think should have a better plan then 'sometime someone will break master for python3' We may not need to break master for as-installed LinuxCNC. I don't understand what you mean here. I t

Re: [Emc-developers] Fwd: Re: Proposal: Stop supporting Py2 and GTK2 in Master.

2021-05-12 Thread andy pugh
On Wed, 12 May 2021 at 14:43, Chris Morley wrote: I just think should have a better plan then 'sometime someone will break > master for python3' > We may not need to break master for as-installed LinuxCNC. We will almost certainly end up breaking existing user configs which rely on LinuxCNC Py2

Re: [Emc-developers] Fwd: Re: Proposal: Stop supporting Py2 and GTK2 in Master.

2021-05-12 Thread Nicklas SB Karlsson
Den 2021-05-12 kl. 11:56, skrev Rene Hopf via Emc-developers: On 12.05.21 11:51, andy pugh wrote: On Wed, 12 May 2021 at 08:00, Chris Morley wrote: I meant a 2.9 python 2 release before switching master to python3 I can see the argument, but I don't think that 2.9 is ready to be a proper

Re: [Emc-developers] Fwd: Re: Proposal: Stop supporting Py2 and GTK2 in Master.

2021-05-12 Thread Chris Morley
From: andy pugh Sent: May 12, 2021 9:51 AM To: EMC developers Subject: Re: [Emc-developers] Fwd: Re: Proposal: Stop supporting Py2 and GTK2 in Master. On Wed, 12 May 2021 at 08:00, Chris Morley wrote: > > > > I meant a 2.9 python 2 release before switching

Re: [Emc-developers] Proposal: Stop supporting Py2 and GTK2 in Master.

2021-05-12 Thread Chris Morley
Also when I say python3 that includes python libraries - we use alot. From: Rene Hopf via Emc-developers Sent: May 12, 2021 11:29 AM To: EMC developers ; andy pugh Cc: Rene Hopf Subject: Re: [Emc-developers] Proposal: Stop supporting Py2 and GTK2 in Master.

Re: [Emc-developers] Proposal: Stop supporting Py2 and GTK2 in Master.

2021-05-12 Thread andy pugh
On Wed, 12 May 2021 at 12:29, Rene Hopf wrote: > > not all python3 versions/dependencies work. currently I cannot tell what > the oldest version is that can work. According to http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?MinimumSoftwareVersions we only need to worry about 3.5+ (and maybe not even 3

Re: [Emc-developers] Proposal: Stop supporting Py2 and GTK2 in Master.

2021-05-12 Thread Rene Hopf via Emc-developers
On 12.05.21 11:59, andy pugh wrote: On Wed, 12 May 2021 at 06:48, Chris Morley wrote: Keeping in mind if a user is using master in older distributions, it may require the user to upgrade to a new distribution to have python3 support. Python3 is available on all supported OS versions. not

Re: [Emc-developers] Fwd: Re: Proposal: Stop supporting Py2 and GTK2 in Master.

2021-05-12 Thread andy pugh
On Wed, 12 May 2021 at 10:57, Rene Hopf wrote: > > is there anything currently in master that isnt in 2.8 that people who > dont want to update their os might need? > G71 / G72 lathe cycles is one thing. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the es

Re: [Emc-developers] Proposal: Stop supporting Py2 and GTK2 in Master.

2021-05-12 Thread andy pugh
On Wed, 12 May 2021 at 06:48, Chris Morley wrote: Keeping in mind if a user is using master in older distributions, it may > require the user to upgrade to a new distribution to have python3 support. Python3 is available on all supported OS versions. Furthermore, Master debs are not built for

Re: [Emc-developers] Fwd: Re: Proposal: Stop supporting Py2 and GTK2 in Master.

2021-05-12 Thread Rene Hopf via Emc-developers
On 12.05.21 11:51, andy pugh wrote: On Wed, 12 May 2021 at 08:00, Chris Morley wrote: I meant a 2.9 python 2 release before switching master to python3 I can see the argument, but I don't think that 2.9 is ready to be a proper release. And we don't have a 2.9 release manager. We could con

Re: [Emc-developers] Fwd: Re: Proposal: Stop supporting Py2 and GTK2 in Master.

2021-05-12 Thread andy pugh
On Wed, 12 May 2021 at 08:00, Chris Morley wrote: > > > > I meant a 2.9 python 2 release before switching master to python3 I can see the argument, but I don't think that 2.9 is ready to be a proper release. And we don't have a 2.9 release manager. We could consider archiving a set of buildbot

[Emc-developers] Fwd: Re: Proposal: Stop supporting Py2 and GTK2 in Master.

2021-05-12 Thread Chris Morley
Forwarded Message Subject: Re: [Emc-developers] Proposal: Stop supporting Py2 and GTK2 in Master. Date: Tue, 11 May 2021 23:58:14 -0700 From: Chris Morley To: Phill Carter On 2021-05-11 11:45 p.m., Phill Carter wrote: On 12 May 2021, at 4:28 pm, Chris Morley