Deep Dive w/Scott: MicroPython Merging! #adafruit
50Today Scott answers questions, talsk about merging in newer versions of MicroPython code into CircuitPython and his open law project, wa-law.org. Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com
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0:00 Getting started
5:15 Housekeeping
8:04 hellos
9:03 CircuitPython intro…
9:16 clap
10:05 Micropython updates / release notes for 6.2.0 based on Jun 2018 Micropython!
11:34 Talk of CP 7.0 - mpy version revisit
11:40 Will circup know what mpy to take based on version of the board? (yes)
15:10 How will the learn guide new zip thing behave?
16:25 Plan for multiple merges from MP to CP
17:25 MP v1.10 merged in S3
18:20 Merge conflict battles…
19:20 Damien's doing faster release cycles now as well - since 1.13, so CP Is going to really want to stay updated more often going forward.
20:45 Sublime Merge
22:01 plans to support the Arduino Portenta?
22:45 Are each of the 1.1x going to be tested, or we only care about the last one?
26:15 anything particular you're looking for in the merge reviews? looked through the 1.11 PR, and built it for the RP2040.
28:28 The changelog will be crazy…
29:20 the merge process explained
32:15 Maybe we can get community to run automation on different boards …
32:40 Arduino Portenta dual core M7/M4
33:48 Does the toolchain allow for a code builder front end ?(edited)
35:08 How often is this done?
36:40 Micropython release notes
37:45 Is there a difference in merging the change from MP into CP... and redoing the change from CP into the last MP? (does that make sense)
39:30 v1.10
40:16 CP translation considerations ( new strings?)
42:30 MP (native/machine code) emitters
43:22 thought CircuitPython already supported underscores in numeric literals. On 6.2.0 on QT Py, I can do a = 1_000_000; print(a) and it's a number
43:57 v1.11
45:50 mpy-cross & mpy-tool
45:52 will testing with .py possibly give different results from testing with .mpy?
48:22 v1.12
51:25 littlefs (vs. FAT )
56:56 What on chip peripherals are used for a Neo pixel ? One channel of a timer ?
58:20 v1.13
1:06:39 Was there a time where people were saying that using foo and bar make IT less accessible and it is not good for STEM and being open? Is that still the opinion?
1:07:03 With threading an interrupts couldn't we just write them in a c code block to use that inside circuit python?
1:09:12 v1.14
1:12:00 Could you rename the cp Ports folder do eliminate all these naming conflicts ?
1:15:20 v1.15
1:22:07 v1.11 merge failing checks…
1:24:20 git worktree
1:26:23 Is there a specific CPython version that you target compatibility with? (2.7, 3.9, etc)
1:27:45 fixing atmel-samd build error (openbook_m4)
1:35:04 Git commit --amend and cherry picking…
1:37:00 Are you getting the diff between MP's v1.x and v1.(x+1), and then cherry-picking that?
1:38:25 So how are you bringing in the per-release changes from MP?
1:40:55 Scott’s ‘other project’ / use git to store laws / HB1336 - 2021-22
1:52:40 Uniform Electronic Legal Access
1:53:55 RCW (current state)
1:55:00 wa-log.org
1:56:50 adoc (asciidoc) vs markdown
2:04:56 Gitlab allows adding users
2:11:06 Bills and terms of service agreements are things I wish I could track history of it better
2:11:30 completely different question from the topic. why adafruit nrf52840 still using softdevice 6.1.1 stack instead of 7.2.0(because of different memory layout)?
2:14:12 (4:10pm) wrap up
2:15:30 - headset off (4:12 pm)
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