Announce: RTEMS 5.1 Release

[Chris Johns]

On 26/8/20 5:16 pm, Jan.Sommer at dlr.de wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: users [mailto:users-bounces at rtems.org] On Behalf Of Chris Johns
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 3:54 AM
>> To: Users
>> Subject: Announce: RTEMS 5.1 Release
>>
>> The RTEMS 5.1 Release is available. The release can be found at:
> 
> Great news and thank you very much for your efforts.
> I saw that there is no release tag for 5.1 in the repository. Is this intentional or could you please add one?

Not intentional, just forgot to do this. Thank you for pointing it out. I am
looking into it now.

>>  https://ftp.rtems.org/pub/rtems/releases/5/5.1
>>
>> Please follow the release instructions provided by the link.
>>
>> The RTEMS 5 release is a significant milestone for the RTEMS project with
>> many
>> years of effort from many people as we continue to improve RTEMS's
>> features,
>> capabilities and performance while maintaining our stability.
>>
>> We love to hear about your projects and what you use RTEMS on so please
>> let us
>> know. You can post on user at rtems.org or you can send Joel or me a private
>> email.
>>
>> If you find a problem please raise a ticket and select the 5.2 milestone. The
>> simplest way to create a ticket is to head to the developer Wiki at:
>>
> 
> Are there guidelines of changes which are allowed for 5.2?

We allow bugs fixes but no new features unless ...

> For example, we might need SPI on a Zynq board and could implement a driver using the SPI-API.
> Would this be acceptable as a patch for 5.2 since it shouldn't break any features in the core-API?

... in a BSP if there is a general agreement and there is no regressions, ie the
change adds and does not change what exists in the BSP.

This hope is to have regular releases.

>>
>> ps: Happy birthday Dad!
> 
> Happy Birthday :)
> 

He is 92 and in lock down in Auckland.

Chris