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Andrew Johnson <[email protected]> · Mon, 30 Mar 2015 10:45:43 -0500

Hi Matej,

On 03/30/2015 03:53 AM, Matej Sekoranja wrote:
> Andrew Johnson wrote:
>> Before merging this I think we would need to have an equivalent
>> implementation for the CAS server so the PV Gateway can be made to
>> support the newer version of the CA protocol. That does pose one problem
>> though – the CAS doesn't do variable length arrays yet, it still only
>> supports protocol revision 12 and you can't add this support without
>> doing that first/as well.
> 
> ESS confirmed that I can work on variable-length-pCAS-support task.
> Should I branch 3.15 or 3.16?

Great! I would like us to consider this for inclusion in a future 3.15
release, so I suggest you start there. If Ralph objects to that idea
(since he's in charge of 3.15 releases now) it should be trivial to
merge it into the 3.16 branch instead.

Thanks,

- Andrew
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Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Experimental Physics and
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