Suggestion
Splitting the software into several <supporttop> applications makes it easy to spread the maintenance, upgrade and release tasks too.
- Each support application can set its own release schedule, it wonĘt often have to wait for other changes.
- Distribution methods can be different to EPICS base.
Likely split of hardware support collections:
- VME (large, may merit further subdivision)
- VXI
- Allen-Bradley (already unbundled)
- CAMAC
- GPIB
- Bitbus (unbundling in progress)
- MPF (already unbundled)
- IPAC (already unbundled)