[etherlab-dev] Community contribution

[Graeme Foot]

Hi,

I would also be interested in an etherlab related ethercat conference, but it's unlikely that I would be able to get to it.  I'm based in New Zealand.

My best chance of getting to that part of the world (though very small) is that I could be able to go to Hannover Messe in 2019, though that is probably too far away.  There is an even smaller chance I could get to the 2018 Hannover Messe, but that may be too soon (23-27 April).

Regards,
Graeme.


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From: etherlab-dev [mailto:etherlab-dev-bounces at etherlab.org] On Behalf Of Florian Pose
Sent: Monday, 5 March 2018 10:18 PM
To: etherlab-dev at etherlab.org
Subject: Re: [etherlab-dev] Community contribution

Hello all,

On Fri, Mar 02, 2018 at 10:58:54AM +0100, Esben Haabendal wrote:
> > Do main contributors (Florian Pose, Philipp Weyer, Gavin ...) have 
> > an opinion on that ?
> 
> I really hope they do, and hope they will participate in the 
> discussion here.

sure we have. ;-)

The goal must be to maintain one source that as-many-as-possible users can live with. I understand that the current situation (with different versions of patchsets) is not satisfactory.

>From the IgH point-of-view we have the stable-1.5 branch that we see as matured software and that we use heavily in our everyday projects. This branch nearly contains everything *we* need (except for some native drivers that are more up-to-date).

The other side is (and this is what was the goal from beginning) that the master (and moreover all other software within the EtherLab project) should be useful for others, which is certainly is, but one can see from the discussions and the patches, that it does not fit everyone's needs.

The reason that I do not just pull the whole patchset in the default branch (for example) is that I'm not hundred percent convinced of every single patch (or at least I do not understand why it is necessary), others I don't like because they break compatibility.

There is an idea in my mind that came up some time ago, and I think it would make sense right now: What do you guys think about some kind of EtherCAT conference? We should bring developers (physically) together taking two or three days of time to discuss patches and opinions, make plans for the future and work on integrating the patches. I'm thinking of a group of a handful developers (maybe Gavin, Graeme, Esben, ... ) that are deeply involved.

Naturally I would propose the IgH headquarters in Essen, Germany to be the location. I don't know how hard it is for you to get here, or it is even possible. What I could also imagine, is some people here and some by video conference, but I like the thought of meeting physically.

What do you think about it?


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Best regards,
Florian

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