From fp at igh.de Tue Jun 11 12:50:41 2024 From: fp at igh.de (Florian Pose) Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 12:50:41 +0200 Subject: [Etherlab-announce] EtherCAT master 1.6.0 Message-ID: <96364f25d7308a2f1704ec10764ce5708d90504e.camel@igh.de> Dear EtherLab users, We are proud to announce the release 1.6.0 of the EtherCAT Master. The new version includes some new API methods [1] and an updated range of native Ethernet drivers [2] up to kernel 6.1. A detailed list of the tickets and merge requests that have been incorporated, can be found at the appropriate GitLab milestone [3]. Some of you may have already noticed that the “stable-1.6” branch is now the default branch that is automatically checked out when cloning the repository. The previous “master” branch has also been renamed to “devel”. Some of its changes have been incorporated into 1.6, but not all of them. We have also changed our release policy to the effect that from version 1.6 we will be using semantic versioning. This means that for any interface enhancements, the minor version will now increase. The consequence is that, unlike in recent years, we will be making more frequent releases again. As a conclusion for the 1.5 branch, we have created a release 1.5.3 (the last one that does not follow Semantic Versioning). The releases and the corresponding tarballs can be found on Gitlab [4]. Ready-made packages for common Linux distributions are available in the Open Build Service [5]. Support for kernel versions earlier than 3.0 has been cut. We hope you enjoy the new version, which can and should be used immediately for productive machines and systems. [1] https://docs.etherlab.org/ethercat/1.6/doxygen/group__ApplicationInterface.html#details [2] https://docs.etherlab.org/ethercat/1.6/doxygen/devicedrivers.html [3] https://gitlab.com/etherlab.org/ethercat/-/milestones/1 [4] https://gitlab.com/etherlab.org/ethercat/-/releases [5] https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/science:EtherLab/ethercat -- Best regards, Florian Pose Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Florian Pose Lead Automation fp at igh.de Tel.: +49 201 / 36014-13 Ingenieurgemeinschaft IgH Gesellschaft für Ingenieurleistungen mbH Nordsternstraße 66 D-45329 Essen igh.de | EtherLab [1] | LinkedIn [2] Amtsgericht Essen | HRB 11500 | USt-Id.-Nr.: DE 174 626 722 Geschäftsführung: Frederik Becker, M.Sc. und Dr.-Ing. Siegfried Rotthäuser [1] EtherLab https://etherlab.org/ [2] LinkedIn https://de.linkedin.com/company/igh-gmbh -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 228 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: