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[Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 08/01/2011 04:02 AM, Brian Sidebotham wrote:
> On 29 July 2011 14:29, Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 07/28/2011 02:32 PM, Brian Sidebotham wrote:
>>> Hi Guys,
>>>
>>> I thought after a bit of initial testing, I might as well let this
>>> script out in the open. I registered a launchpad project for it -
>>> kicad-winbuilder so that people can moan and complain about the script
>>> over there! ;-)
>>>
>>> The script can be grabbed via: bzr branch lp:kicad-winbuilder
>>>
>>> Then KiCad can be built with: cmake -P  KiCadWinbuilder.cmake
>>>
>>> I'll email a link to it on the KiCad users group too and see how it goes.
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>>
>>> Brian.
>>
>> Fantastic.  My hats off to you.
>>
>> Thanks for this work Brian!
>>
>> Can someone put a link to this on the wiki too please?
>>
>> This work Brian, will make our work in support easier I think.  And won't it
>> allow more users to build from source and stay more current?
> Hi Dick,
>
> Thanks. It should give the KiCad project a bit of a teflon coating for
> casual builders as you can just point them to the other project.
> Developers should still be sorting out their own build environment
> based upon their preferences and the build instructions under the
> Documentation folder in the KiCad source.
>
> This could help people who want to stay more current than the stable
> builds. It should be as easy as checking it out and building with a
> single command.
>
> I will start work on a cross compiled version for linux soon.

Build Windows binary on Linux: valuable stuff IMO.

Milan should appreciate this, among others.

Dick


>  I am
> currrently running Ubuntu as my linux box.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Brian.
>