Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC 2.6.0~pre5

[jeremy y. <jcy...@gm...>]

thank you chris



jeremy youngs


On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 4:45 PM, Chris Radek <ch...@ti...> wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 08:57:21PM +0100, Steve Blackmore wrote:
> > On Tue, 22 Jul 2014 08:06:43 -0600, you wrote:
> > >
> > >The new trajectory planner is not in 2.6.  It's in the master branch and
> > >will be part of 2.7.
> >
> > Why?
>
> The most recent bugfix in the new trajectory planner was yesterday.
> It looks like rotary axes didn't work right before that.  Other
> recent changes have fixed incorrect threading behavior.  It has not
> seen wide use on a variety of real machines.  It is simply not ready
> to be in the stable release yet.
>
> > Time and effort wasted getting yet another 2.6 out rather than
> > actually
>
> We've previously fallen into the trap before of waiting for "just
> one more feature" to stabilize before releasing the good work we
> already have.  2.6 has some wonderful new stuff, and if you don't
> need it, that's fine, but your needs are not universal.  You are
> wrong that the 2.6 work is a waste of time.
>
> Here is what I do know for sure: if the new planner is important to
> you, you SHOULD BE TESTING IT to make sure it's ready for 2.7.
>
> Since you are obviously affected by current planner limitations,
> doing testing in your environment would not only help YOU
> immediately, but would help everyone have a more stable 2.7 release.
> It may also help the 2.7 release come sooner.
>
> You have easy access to this code.  It has never been easier to test
> master builds, now that buildbot makes packages automatically (which
> is, by the way, another thing that Seb, who you accuse of wasting
> time and effort, has done for you and the project.)
>
> Chris
>
>
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