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[Adam Wolf <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi folks,

I've updated the packages in my scripting PPA.  The pcbnew.py file is now
included in the package, and there's a dependency on a python-wxgtk2.8
package as well.

Do we want to include the example scripts in the Linux builds?

Instructions for switching to it (and back, if it doesn't work) are in my
October 25th email.  Let me know if you try it, and if it succeeds or fails.

Adam Wolf
Wayne and Layne, LLC


On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 7:04 PM, Adam Wolf <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Hi Hans,
>
> I don't know how it worked for me.  I am not sure how the new system
> finds pcbnew.py, however, it is most definitely not in the list of
> packaged files.  I will add it, and test that tomorrow. Thanks Hans!
>
> Adam Wolf
> Wayne and Layne, LLC
>
> On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Hans Henry von Tresckow
> <hvontres@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I wonder if you somehow still had a copy of pcbnew.py laying around
> > when you did the testing. I noticed it is not in the list of installed
> > files for the package and putting a copy in same dir as the pcbnew
> > executable seemed to help with loading the module inside of pcbnew.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 7:01 AM, Adam Wolf
> > <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> I'll have to look into it further.  You said you're on 12.04 right
> >> now?  I definitely tested the 12.04 64 bit packages and they worked
> >> fine for me.
> >>
> >> Adam Wolf
> >>
> >> On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 11:23 PM, Hans Henry von Tresckow
> >> <hvontres@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>> Ok, here is what I get from today's install:
> >>>
> >>> henry@Dr-Bunsen:~/kicad/LCD Driver$ pcbnew
> >>> Traceback (most recent call last):
> >>>   File "<string>", line 3, in <module>
> >>> ImportError: No module named pcbnew
> >>> henry@Dr-Bunsen:~/kicad/LCD Driver$
> >>>
> >>> It looks like the pcbnew module is not getting packaged somehow.
> >>>
> >>> Here is the version Info from pcbnew:
> >>>
> >>> Application: Pcbnew
> >>> Version: (2012-oct-18)-testing
> >>> Build: wxWidgets 2.8.12 (no debug,Unicode,compiler with C++ ABI
> >>> 1002,GCC 4.6.3,wx containers,compatible with 2.6)
> >>> Platform: Linux 3.2.0-33-generic x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK
> >>> Boost version: 1.49.0
> >>> Options: USE_PCBNEW_SEXPR_FILE_FORMAT=OFF
> >>>          USE_PCBNEW_NANOMETRES=ON
> >>>          USE_PCBNEW_SEXPR_FOOTPRINT_LIBS=OFF
> >>>          KICAD_GOST=OFF
> >>>          USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF
> >>>          USE_WX_OVERLAY=OFF
> >>>          USE_BOOST_POLYGON_LIBRARY=OFF
> >>>          KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
> >>>          KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=OFF
> >>>          KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Anything else I should try?
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 8:35 AM, Adam Wolf
> >>> <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>> Hi Hans,
> >>>>
> >>>> Could you try again?  I tested the kicad from
> >>>> kicad-scripting-testing-daily for Ubuntu 12.04.  I put the footprint
> >>>> wizard python file in ~/.kicad_plugins, and I was able to open pcbnew,
> >>>> click the module editor, and see the footprint wizard button.  I
> >>>> clicked it, and a new window opened saying Footprint Wizard with a
> >>>> bunch of wizardy stuff.  From that, it seems that it's working (at
> >>>> least mostly!)
> >>>>
> >>>> It builds on the Launchpad servers for 12.04, 12.10, and 13.04.  I
> >>>> have added investigating why it doesn't build for 11.10 and 11.04 to
> >>>> my list of things to do.  For Ubuntu 12.10 and 13.04, they have
> >>>> changed the Kicad versioning.  The official Ubuntu package in their
> >>>> repository has a version number of 0.20120526..., which is "newer"
> >>>> than 0.0.201210... which are the ones I'm creating now.  There are
> >>>> also a few assumptions in the packaging that were correct in the past,
> >>>> but are not correct now, regarding the documentation and a few things
> >>>> about dependencies.  Cleaning those up so we are a great example of
> >>>> how to package for Debian and Ubuntu is also on my list of things to
> >>>> do. (Along with seeing if people can have kicad-with-scripting
> >>>> installed next to kicad-without, which would be a great template for
> >>>> any other feature branches we get in the future, and looking into the
> >>>> package name changing that someone asked about on the list a few days
> >>>> ago.)
> >>>>
> >>>> However, all those caveats being said, if any brave souls want to try
> >>>> it, here are the instructions.
> >>>>
> >>>> If you are on Ubuntu 12.04:
> >>>>
> >>>> If you already have kicad installed, from either a PPA or from the
> >>>> official repo, uninstall it first.
> >>>> sudo apt-get remove kicad kicad-common
> >>>>
> >>>> Add the tentative kicad-scripting-testing ppa:
> >>>> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:adamwolf/kicad-scripting-testing-daily
> >>>>
> >>>> Update your package list:
> >>>> sudo apt-get update
> >>>>
> >>>> Install the new packages:
> >>>> sudo apt-get install kicad
> >>>>
> >>>> To go back to how you had it before, if these packages don't work for
> you.
> >>>> Remove the current packages
> >>>> sudo apt-get remove kicad kicad-common
> >>>>
> >>>> Remove the new PPA
> >>>> sudo rm
> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/adamwolf-kicad-scripting-testing-daily-*.list
> >>>>
> >>>> Optional: add my PPA back if you used to use it, otherwise skip this
> >>>> step if you want the stock Ubuntu packages
> >>>> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:adamwolf/kicad-testing-daily
> >>>>
> >>>> Update your package list:
> >>>> sudo apt-get update
> >>>>
> >>>> Install the other packages:
> >>>> sudo apt-get install kicad
> >>>>
> >>>> If you are on Ubuntu 12.10 or an alpha release of 13.04:
> >>>>
> >>>> If you already have kicad installed, from either a PPA or from the
> >>>> official repo, uninstall it first.
> >>>> sudo apt-get remove kicad kicad-common
> >>>>
> >>>> Add the tentative kicad-scripting-testing ppa:
> >>>> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:adamwolf/kicad-scripting-testing-daily
> >>>>
> >>>> Update your package list:
> >>>> sudo apt-get update
> >>>>
> >>>> Find out the options for kicad:
> >>>> sudo apt-cache showpkg kicad
> >>>>
> >>>> Read to see which one comes from my PPA. Its version will start
> >>>> 0.0.201210... (until October is over)  Note that version number
> >>>>
> >>>> Install the new packages:
> >>>> sudo apt-get install kicad=0.0.201210...
> >>>>
> >>>> To revert, do the same thing as you would if you were on 12.04.
> >>>>
> >>>> Question:
> >>>> Should I change my PPA versioning to match the newer Ubuntus?  I don't
> >>>> see this hurting anything on the older Ubuntu releases, and it will
> >>>> make my PPA be less hassle on 12.10 (the "current" Ubuntu) as well as
> >>>> future releases.  If I don't hear objections, I'll make this change
> >>>> over the weekend.  No one should notice anything, as far as I know.
> >>>>
> >>>> Do you follow this list and use an Ubuntu older than 12.04?  12.04 is
> >>>> the latest Long Term Support release, which should have updates for 5
> >>>> years.  I'll probably be sticking with 12.04 on my main development
> >>>> machine for a while, but I use the current release at work.  If no one
> >>>> here uses an Ubuntu older than 12.04, I will put compatibility with
> >>>> those releases lower priority than some of the other packaging tasks.
> >>>>
> >>>> This PPA is still definitely experimental, and please assume that
> >>>> issues you run into with it are the fault of the package, not the
> >>>> scripting support.
> >>>>
> >>>> Adam Wolf
> >>>> Wayne and Layne
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 3:48 PM, Adam Wolf
> >>>> <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>> I think it's more that the dependencies are named differently in the
> >>>>> older versions.  There's a special tool that chroots the compilaton
> so
> >>>>> you can check for obscure dependencies.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 12.04 and 12.10, as well as the two newer versions beyond that,
> >>>>> "compile" on the remote system, but they have the issue you
> mentioned.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I'll let you know when I get it working--it should be soon, but I've
> >>>>> never seen this issue before.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Hans Henry von Tresckow
> >>>>> <hvontres@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>>> I'm on 12.04 for now, but I think in another week or so I'll switch
> >>>>>> over to 12.10. I wonder if there might be some obscure dependancy
> you
> >>>>>> have locally but that does not get pulled in on the build server.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 7:15 AM, Adam Wolf
> >>>>>> <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>>>> I'm able to compile using my recipe and packaging stuff on my
> local machine,
> >>>>>>> and it works, but when I upload the recipe to the PPA build
> servers, it
> >>>>>>> produces crashy programs.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> What OS version are you using?  I'm having issues getting it to
> work on any
> >>>>>>> Ubuntu version older than 12.04. I had this description on the
> recipe, but
> >>>>>>> not the PPA. "This is a testing build of KiCad, with scripting
> enabled.
> >>>>>>> Scripting support works, but may crash. This package might not
> work."  I
> >>>>>>> have since added it to the PPA as well.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I was able to get the footprint wizard to work fine, which imports
> from
> >>>>>>> pcbnew.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I'm running into a variety of small issues, including the fact
> that with
> >>>>>>> 12.10, the Ubuntu package number has changed from 0.0.date to
> 0.date.  I
> >>>>>>> think it may be prudent for me to change my PPA versioning to
> match,
> >>>>>>> otherwise I think we'll see some weird issues. (The old kicad in
> the
> >>>>>>> official repo will always be a higher version than my current
> generated
> >>>>>>> packages, for 12.10 and newer.)
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I'll certainly post here when I feel the packages are ready to be
> tested.
> >>>>>>> After that, starting the middle of November, I hope to spend an
> hour a week
> >>>>>>> on KiCad packaging for Ubuntu/Debian until it's where I like.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Adam Wolf
> >>>>>>> Wayne and Layne, LLC
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 12:58 AM, Hans Henry von Tresckow
> >>>>>>> <hvontres@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> I just tried the first build of Adam's scripting PPA, but it
> seems I
> >>>>>>>> can't import the pcbnew module. Is this an issue with sys.path or
> do
> >>>>>>>> we still have a packaging issue?
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>>> Henry von Tresckow (hvontres)
> >>>>>>>>
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> >>>>>> --
> >>>>>> Henry von Tresckow (hvontres)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Henry von Tresckow (hvontres)
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Henry von Tresckow (hvontres)
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