Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

So, what's the best way now to get the latest stable version of an
EPICS release?  In other words, when the known-problems page was being
updated, I would take the latest release and apply all the patches
listed on the known-problems page.  Is there a way to get close to that
now?

A few guesses are:

a. Clone the 3.15 branch of the EPICS repo [1].  That branch is always
   stable.

b. Look through the commits to the 3.15 branch of the EPICS repo [1]
   for anything that looks like a relevant bug fix and apply patches
   corresponding to those commits.  I think this is closest to Michael
   Davidsaver's suggestion.

c. View the milestone that will become the next release (e.g., 3.15.8
   [2] for the 3.15 series), and watch for any targeted bugs with status
   "Fix Committed".  Find the commits that fix the bug, and apply the
   corresponding patches.

Thanks!

Lewis

[1]: https://code.launchpad.net/~epics-core/epics-base/+git/epics-base/+ref/3.15
[2]: https://launchpad.net/epics-base/+milestone/3.15.8

Just following up; have you had a chance to consider this question?

I'm also thinking a fourth option could be:

d. Don't try to get close to the known-problems page of old.  Just use
   the latest stable release.  If you run into a problem, check the bug
   reports for the next milestone in the series and commits for the next
   release to see if the problem has already been fixed and apply an
   appropriate patch if so.

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Re: New sequencer release 2.2.8 J. Lewis Muir via Tech-talk

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