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[Bert Timmerman <bert.timmerman@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Users and Contributors,

This release fixes a number of bugs.

The tarball and checksums file can be downloaded from:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/pcb/files/pcb/pcb-4.1.1

Any bugs, or others shortcomings, can be reported to either the geda-user
mailing list or the Launchpad Bug Tracker:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/pcb

Kind regards,

The pcb development team

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Release notes for pcb-4.1.1
========================================================================

Dear Users,

This is a bug fixes release.

Kind regards,

The pcb development team.


Contributors
------------
The following authors contributed to the 4.1.1 release:
- Charles Parker
- Dan McMahill
- Bert Timmerman

Please note that names are in no particular order and all e-mail
addresses have been removed for privacy.


User experience improvements
----------------------------
- MS Windows (MinGW) installer available from SourceForge
  (https://sourceforge.net/projects/pcb/files/pcb/).
- Corrections and improvements in the User Manual.
- Avoid instant 'CRASH' if an action script implies
          'invalidate_lr'.
- Fixed a bug in moving a selection.
- Snapping to pins and pads whilst drawing a line trace.
- Fixed a bug in rubberband functionality.


Plugins
-------
- none


Exporters
---------
- none


Footprints library
------------------
- none


Developer experience improvements
---------------------------------
- Add draw_grid to the hid graphics structure.


Notes for early adapters
------------------------
- MS Windows (MinGW) installer can be build again.


Changed dependencies
--------------------
- For mingw cross builds the following minimum package versions are
  required:
    mingw64-i686-atk1.0 >= 2.26.1-1
    mingw64-i686-binutils >= 2.29.1.787c9873-1
    mingw64-i686-bzip2 >= 1.0.6-4
    mingw64-i686-cairo >= 1.14.12-1
    mingw64-i686-dbus >= 1.10.22-1
    mingw64-i686-expat >= 2.2.2-1
    mingw64-i686-fontconfig >= 2.12.6-1
    mingw64-i686-freetype2 >= 2.6.5-1
    mingw64-i686-gcc-core >= 6.4.0-1
    mingw64-i686-gcc-g++ >= 6.4.0-1
    mingw64-i686-gd >= 2.2.5-1
    mingw64-i686-gdk-pixbuf2.0 >= 2.36.11-1
    mingw64-i686-gettext >= 0.19.8.1-2
    mingw64-i686-glib2.0 >= 2.54.3-1
    mingw64-i686-gtk2.0 >= 2.24.31-1
    mingw64-i686-gtkglext1.0 >= 1.2.0-1
    mingw64-i686-harfbuzz >= 1.7.4-1
    mingw64-i686-headers >= 5.0.3-1
    mingw64-i686-jasper >= 2.0.14-1
    mingw64-i686-jbigkit >= 2.1-1
    mingw64-i686-libffi >= 3.2.1-1
    mingw64-i686-libimagequant >= 2.10.0-1
    mingw64-i686-libjpeg-turbo >= 1.5.3-1
    mingw64-i686-libpng >= 1.6.34-1
    mingw64-i686-libwebp >= 0.6.1-1
    mingw64-i686-libXpm >= 3.5.12-1
    mingw64-i686-lzo2 >= 2.08-1
    mingw64-i686-pango1.0 >= 1.40.14-1
    mingw64-i686-pcre >= 8.40-3
    mingw64-i686-pixman >= 0.34.0-1
    mingw64-i686-pkg-config >= 0.29.1-1
    mingw64-i686-pkg-config-debuginfo >= 0.29.1-1
    mingw64-i686-runtime >= 5.0.3-1
    mingw64-i686-tiff >= 4.0.9-1
    mingw64-i686-win-iconv >= 0.0.6-2
    mingw64-i686-windows-default-manifest >= 6.4-1
    mingw64-i686-winpthreads >= 5.0.3-1
    mingw64-i686-xz >= 5.2.3-1
    mingw64-i686-zlib >= 1.2.11-1

  This allows for building a MS windows (MinGW) installer to work again.


Fixed and committed Launchpad bug reports
-----------------------------------------
#699012   File format documentation out-of-date.
#884046   snap to pins and pads does not work when trying to draw line.
#1545165  PIns/Via show Name/Number menu item doesn't work, only D
          hotkey does.
#1645101  Inconsistent argument type to invalidate_lr.
#1653280  MinMaskGap test fails.
#1654884  rubberband.
#1672093  Add draw_grid to the hid graphics structure.
#1731369  crosshair limits update.
#1731375  Crosshair Initialization.
#1748679  Increments are incorrect after loading file.
#1744589  Cannot move selection.
#1754479  avoid instant 'CRASH' if an action script implies
          'invalidate_lr'.
#1759742  win32 build updates.