On Thu, 15 Apr 2021 at 07:02, John Dammeyer <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'd agree and add IMHO, that a change as dramatic as the complete renaming of > 'pins' used in HAL files should not be a change from 2.8.1 but a major > revision to 2.9.0. The change in spindle pin names was between 2.7 and 2.8. 2.8.0 to 2.81 was a minor bugfix update. Lots of other things changed between 2.7 and 2.8. About 10 years worth of background work was finally merged. And, it is documented: http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.8/html/getting-started/updating-linuxcnc.html#_updating_configuration_files_for_2_8_x The full extent of the pin renaming can be learned by looking at the auto-translation script. https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/blob/master/src/emc/ini/update_ini.py#L430 But, in general, you you don't need to know as long as you read the correct docs for the version you are running. Don't use LinuxCNC docs if you want to know about Machinekit, use the Machinekit docs. And, for LinuxCNC docs, look here: http://www.linuxcnc.org/documents/ And choose the version that you want to know about. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
