[Etherlab-announce] EtherCAT master 1.6.0

[Florian Pose]

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
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