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Re: writing a new top level wxPython based project manager

 

I need  team member(s) to complete this project. I feel I'm too noob to
complete this part alone.


On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 11:11 AM, dileep kushwaha <dilzverykool@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am on Ubuntu 12.04 now(was facing difficulty finding packages for
> bazaar).
> I had installed KiCAD Adam's libraries before and now updated to Jean-Samuel's
> PPA.
> I have installed wxPython and tried a few examples on it.
>
> What should i do next to make a new wxPython based project manager?
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 7:55 PM, Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi Dileep,
>>
>> In answer to your question, what is the difference? :
>>
>> 1) On linux, both pros and cons:
>>
>> a) you can use the standard linux package manager for the entire wxPython
>> stack.
>>
>> b) you will be at a wxPython version slightly behind what you'd be on for
>> windows.
>>
>> c) it will look better on your resume, anything linux looks good on a
>> resume right now.
>>
>> d) you could use Jean-Samuel's PPA for the KiCad binaries, which
>> currently don't include
>> wxPython, but would constitute the balance of the software.  Or you could
>> run
>> <kicad_src>/scripts/kicad_install.sh which brings in libraries, the kicad
>> executables, and
>> installs the wxPython stack as a (heretofore unnecessary) dependency.
>>
>>
>>
>> 2) On windows, both pros and cons:
>>
>> a) you have to make kicad-winbuilder succeed to get the proper wxPython
>> stack.  If it does
>> not succeed, you will have to find help.
>>
>> b) you may be more familiar with Windows.
>>
>> c) because the wxPython version will be newer than the least common
>> denominator of
>> wxWidgets and wxPython (on linux), you may inadvertently become dependent
>> on a wxPython
>> feature not in wxPython in linux's (older) standard package.
>>
>>
>>
>> Either way can work.
>>
>> I am hoping that others will be generous with their time, and help you.
>>  But again, you
>> have to keep the conversation on the mailing list.  Your last email was
>> to me personally.
>>
>>
>>
>> Dick
>>
>>
>>
>> On 03/12/2014 11:10 PM, dileep kushwaha wrote:
>> > i can use ubuntu as well. what  is the difference if i use linux for
>> development of the
>> > project?
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 2:23 AM, Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> > <mailto:dick@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>> >
>> >     On 03/12/2014 02:16 PM, dileep kushwaha wrote:
>> >     > Hi,
>> >     >      i have been asked to make top level wxPython based project
>> windows
>> >     > i have installed Windows 7, KiCAD in C:\Program Files (x86)
>> >     > i have installed Python 33 and 27
>> >
>> >
>> >     Remember I said to use Brian's wxPython stack, if on Windows.  This
>> will be:
>> >
>> >     a) wxPython 3.x compiled with MINGW.
>> >     b) python 2.7.4 compiled with MINGW.
>> >
>> >
>> >     I cannot imaginge any other way of getting this wxPython stack
>> other than running his
>> >     kicad-winbuilder script.  "kicad-winbuilder" is another launchpad
>> project.  It downloads
>> >     and installs the entire deal, mostly from source, partially from
>> pre-built binaries.
>> >
>> >     It would be nice to have had some guidance from Brian on this, but
>> I think he's building a
>> >     house.  (Too bad you weren't on linux for the development phase,
>> think that would have
>> >     been easier, but that's me talking because I am no longer
>> comfortable on Windows.)
>> >
>> >     We do not use the MSVC compiled python, at all in the KiCad project.
>> >     This is the reason for Brian's stack, and why I say "compiled with
>> MINGW" above.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >     > i have installed bazaar (installed python 27 coz of it)
>> >     >
>> >     > I'm in learning phase of Python
>> >     > please guide me futher
>> >     > --
>> >     > Dileep
>> >     >
>> >     >
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>> > Dileep Kumar
>> > M.Tech(VLSI Design)
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> Dileep Kumar
> M.Tech(VLSI Design)
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