Ok, I installed git and cloned a copy of Weewx to my RPi2. Do I install it using the setup.py method?
Thanks, Anthony On Friday, January 13, 2017 at 9:00:05 AM UTC-5, mwall wrote: > > On Friday, January 13, 2017 at 8:12:22 AM UTC-5, wxwatching wrote: >> >> mwall, >> >> Thanks for the info. I don't suppose there is a date set yet for that >> release? If it is still sometime away, I am not adverse to install a >> development version, although I have never installed from github and am not >> quite sure how to go about that. >>> >>> >>> > usually it is pretty safe to use what is on the master branch. we try to > never 'break' the master, but sometimes bugs happen. > > really disruptive changes happen on a branch so they can be tested first. > for example, there is a lot of activity right now on the 'development' > branch. > > there is not yet a date set for the 3.7 release. there will probably be a > lengthy public testing period before 3.7 is ready to replace 3.6. > > if you want to run from code directly from master, download the zip file > from github (click the green 'clone or download' button and select > 'Download ZIP'). unzip it, then install using the setup.py approach. deb > and rpm packages are only available once we get into the last stages of > testing a release. > > if you want to keep updated with the latest changes from master, then use > 'git' to clone the repository and to update your copy over time. details > for doing that would take more than a couple of sentences. > > if you are playing with unstable code (yours or that of someone else), be > sure to backup your database, and keep a copy of your working weewx around > in case you want to roll back. > > its pretty easy to switch back and forth from one version of weewx to > another, but probably not something you want to do on a production system. > > m > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
