Experimental Physics and
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Andrew Johnson <[email protected]> · Thu, 15 Sep 2005 10:03:33 -0500

Geoff Savage wrote:

There was no response to my question about a 3.14.8 release so I am
reposting my question.

Here at Fermilab we are scheduled for a shutdown starting October 31 and
lasting for 14 weeks. The new director will confirm the shutdown early
in September. During our shutdown I would like to go the latest stable
epics version available. Currently we are running 3.14.6. From the
tech-talk messages and the mantis bug reports it seems that there are
enough changes to warrant a new release. Is a new 3.14 release possible
within a few months so that we can upgrade over our shutdown?

We discussed this over on the core-talk list, and given the extra work
the developers have to do coming up to the EPICS Collaboration and
ICALEPCS meetings we're not planning a release before then. I'm
currently hoping we'll be able to release version 3.14.8 in mid to late
October, once everyone is back from Geneva. We can never be completely
sure how long it will take once we get started because the developers
don't all work on the same architectures, and getting things working on
HPUX is generally the most tricky.
Would all sites out there running or planning to run R3.14.x on HPUX
please make sure that Ralph Lange knows that you're still relying on his
porting work. You should be aware that we'll definitely be dropping
HPUX support completely for the R4.x series, and if *nobody* reponds to
this request we might even drop it sooner.
- Andrew
--
English probably arose from Normans trying to pick up Saxon girls.

Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System