New REQUIRED version of C++ libraries

[JesseK]

Will this be in an email update or on the FRC Blog?
Do you expect any logic issues after the update?
Is there a way to get ONLY items 1,2 & 7 rather than all of them?
I'm not familiar with the Smart Dashboard -- that's the driver's display side of things? We use C++ on the robot, but write a custom Java display for the driver's station. (I'm not the lead robot programming mentor; I'm the System Architect for the 3 software systems we'll have -- sorry I'm don't know more)

While I'm sure code works right now, any required update after competitions have started is a pretty big deal for teams who can't test the updates on their robot ahead of time. More information is definitely needed.

[Jefferson]

Thanks for your work to resolve these issues. I think we were affected in one match during Week 1. Glad to hear there is a resolution.
I'm curious, though, how this will be enforced. Terms like "mandatory" and "required" are used, but as far as I know, there is no way to check the version of WPILib that the code was compiled with. Nor is there anything in the rules requiring specific libraries.
I hope there will be some help during inspection to help teams through this. I don't think we can rely on CD and those of us watching FirstForge to get the word out to all teams.

On a related note, I thought some of the changes in the FMS this season were to limit the impact that data traffic from one team could have on another. Did I misunderstand, or was the issue not fully addressed?

[Jon Stratis]

Any bets on the number of teams that will need to get this update from my USB drive at LSR on Thursday?

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by JesseK

Will this be in an email update or on the FRC Blog?

It is supposed to be in today's team update.

[BradAMiller]

I didn't see it in the email blast but it should be in the team update. You can verify that it is installed by looking in the c:\windriver\wpilib folder and looking at the version on the source code zip file. It should be 3622 if the update was installed.

The changes numbered 3, 4, 5, and 6 should not effect anyone not using those features (changes are very local) and the features had serious defects before the update. Was there a particular change you were concerned about?

Brad