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Re: Announcement

 

Thanks for your work. (to everybody)
It appears that KiCad is still on route to becoming/staying the most
advanced open source PCB CAD program.
I will test the new stuff when time permits me.
Greetings from Holland,
Edwin van den Oetelaar



On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 2:29 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Now that the repo is back in good shape following my lapse in judgement
> (Thanks Dick!) I am happy to announce that the CERN OpenGL/Cairo
> rendering, push and shove router, and the new tool framework code has
> been committed to the testing branch for widespread testing and
> development.  Please note that building kicad has changed slightly on
> some platforms.  Here are the revised build instructions:
>
> - Linux: it builds exactly the same as always
> - Windows: cross compilation (http://www.ohwr.org/documents/251) and
> native build using mingw (http://www.ohwr.org/documents/300)
> - Mac OS: http://www.ohwr.org/documents/293
>
> Please note that most of the Pcbnew editing tools have not been ported
> to the new framework.  Therefore, most of the editing has to be
> performed in the default rendering mode.  It will take some time for
> this to happen so please be patient as this work continues.
>
> I want to personally thank the folks at CERN who made all of this possible.
>
> Enjoy,
>
> Wayne
>
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