Is there a new Linuxcnc release in the wings ?

Everything has been pretty well documented within the package lists and in the commit messages.

I thought a backport would be a package that is in eg Trixie that was been repackaged for Bookworm.

TBH the extra packages may be pulling in too much extra stuff, the ISO weighs in at about 4.1G, which I think is due to suggested packages being installed as well. And TBH I've only included them to make transferring files around a little easier whilst testing. Like I said it's experimentation ATM, whether it's any use upstream I don't know.

Not even going to bother to upload to Google drive and ask for any help testing as it was a waste of time. I guess people are busy.

Is this the Machine Kit you refer to:

www.machinekit.io/

Yes.

The mk mailing list just receives spam, I haven't seen any actual activity for a while.
The Github repos, even the repos that they split, (long story if you want more info on that you will have to read the repos), haven't had any activity for a long time.

Agreed; so much good code goes to waste; at least it's open source!

Dead proprietary programs just go to waste.

Was replying to you on the laptop but didn't have the ISO there so had to swap machines. Well creakily walk upstairs, I swear I've skipped old age and just gone straight to decrepitude......enough banter.

I guess this is what your are referring to. I would say it appears as it should. Mind I haven't had a chance to test on real hardware yet.


Basically I started with a fresh fork from your repo and made the changes I thought would be required. 
Me repo and branch can be seen here, I've tried to comment the changes made within the files and within the commits as well. I think I've even mentioned using the live-build version as well.
github.com/ozzyrob/linuxcnc-live-build/tree/ozzyrob-trixie-test

Whilst I was building on my Bookworm machine I did build a live-build package & install using this the below linked codebase, installing the Trixie package on Bookworm didn't give successful results:
If using a Trixie machine to build everything should be ok. I also found using the same source and building a package for Mint 22.1 gave a successful ISO. I think I may have mentioned this before.
salsa.debian.org/live-team/live-build/-/...rixie?ref_type=heads
Which is the code base for the live-build package for Trixie.

I hope this helps.
Cheers Rob