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[Adam Wolf <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Jean-Paul.  Do you remember the name of hte thread where this was
discussed before, or is there an active bug in the bug tracker?  I want to
get up to speed on the issue.

Thanks!

Adam Wolf
Cofounder and Engineer
W&L

On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Jean-Paul Louis <louijp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Adam and Bernhard,
>
> This is indeed great news for the majority of users.
> For me, I am still waiting for the “Eeschema RED SCREEN” bug to be fixed,
> as it is a major annoyance that is still in the main branch of KiCad. I do
> not know if it happen in Windows or Linux platform, but in OS X, it is
> umbearable when working on a complex layout. I usually do not load the
> schematic while working on layout, so each time I want to look at the
> schematic, I have to exit KiCad, and then load the schematic, and after
> load pcbnew.
> This is really frustrating, and I hope you OS X gurus, will fix it as it
> was OK before.
>
> Jean-Paul
> AC9GH
>
>
> On Oct 30, 2014, at 11:20 AM, Bernhard Stegmaier <stegmaier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Adam,
> >
> > great!
> >
> > I collected what paths are now used for various things around the code.
> > I’ll write this down this weekend, you could then add this to the readme.
> >
> > I guess this would be great help for someone setting it up the first
> time… it’s not that easy when you don’t know where to put what.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Bernhard
> >
> > On 30.10.2014, at 15:32, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> Great work OSX developers and packagers!  It looks like we are finally
> >> getting close to providing regular OSX bundles.  Many thanks to all who
> >> made this possible.
> >>
> >> Wayne
> >>
> >> On 10/30/2014 10:01 AM, Adam Wolf wrote:
> >>> Hi folks,
> >>>
> >>> Things are progressing very well on the OS X packaging front!
> >>>
> >>> Every time bzr is updated for lp:kicad, a Mac build is generated, and
> >>> every night, a clean build is generated and packaged as a dmg.  Miguel
> >>> is working on fixing my SSH credentials on the server, so I can push
> the
> >>> build logs and dmgs.
> >>>
> >>> I've done my best to script a dmg creator that matches what end-users
> >>> expect from downloaded Mac applications.  I think it is very good at
> >>> this point.
> >>>
> >>> You can see an image of what it looks like inside one of these dmgs,
> >>> attached to this email.
> >>>
> >>> The build log is included with every package, and also will be uploaded
> >>> next to every package, so that you don't have to download the entire
> >>> package to see a build log.
> >>>
> >>> The package is currently around 200 megs.
> >>>
> >>> The README is dynamically generated at package time.  A sample one
> >>> follows.  Please let me know if you have any additions or suggestions:
> >>>
> >>> KiCad
> >>> =====
> >>> KiCad is an EDA software suite for the creation of professional
> schematics and printed circuit boards up to 32 copper layers. KiCad runs on
> Windows, Linux and OS X and is released under the open-source GNU GPL v2
> free of charge.
> >>>
> >>> With KiCad you can create schematic diagrams and printed circuit board
> up to 32 copper layers. KiCad comes with a rich set of libraries with 3D
> models as well.
> >>>
> >>> KiCad is a mature EDA software tool under active development by a team
> of developers and a vibrant user group. KiCad team counts three main
> developers and a dozen of regular contributors.
> >>>
> >>> Documentation
> >>> =============
> >>> Documentation is available in this disk image under docs/, and is
> available online at http://www.kicad-pcb.org/.
> >>>
> >>> Changelog
> >>> =========
> >>> You can browse the changelog at
> https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~kicad-product-committers/kicad/product/changes
> .
> >>>
> >>> Reporting Issues
> >>> ================
> >>> The KiCad developers are working hard to provide quality, binary
> releases to our users.  As of September 2014, the OS X package is under
> heavy, active development.
> >>>
> >>> If you encounter issues with this software, please report a bug at
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad.
> >>>
> >>> To help us, please include the details from "About This Build" in this
> file or the name of the download file (kicad-r*.dmg).  Please also include
> the output from running the following command in the Terminal:
> >>>
> >>>   sw_vers
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> About This Build
> >>> ================
> >>> KiCad revision: r5237
> >>> Packaged on 20143010-034759
> >>> Packaging script revision: r20
> >>> Build script revision: r20
> >>> CMake Settings: -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=/usr/bin/clang
> -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=/usr/bin/clang++
> -DwxWidgets_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE=../wx-bin/bin/wx-config -DKICAD_SCRIPTING=OFF
> -DKICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=OFF -DKICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=OFF
> -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../bin -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> QA/Testing:
> >>> At the moment, I have set up another OS X machine running a freshly
> >>> installed 10.10.  I haven't installed anything else, and I am testing
> >>> the Kicad packages on there, and then once I have tested them, I am
> >>> reverting the system back to the state as it was "freshly installed."
> >>> This is not ideal at all, but every day these packages aren't available
> >>> is another day I spend 20 minutes replying to people asking me where
> Mac
> >>> builds are :)
> >>>
> >>> What's Left:
> >>>
> >>> * Automated uploads to the website.  I poked Miguel about this
> recently,
> >>> and he says he'll try to get to it today.
> >>>
> >>> * The current Mac build appears to have some dependencies beyond what
> we
> >>> include in the bundle.  For example, on a freshly installed 10.10
> system
> >>> with this bundle, I cannot open pcbnew.  I verified this myself.  A
> >>> tester reported to me that he was able to fix it by installing brew,
> >>> libpng, libpixman, and libfontconfig.  I have not verified that fix
> yet.
> >>>
> >>> The error is: 06:53:16:
> dlopen(/Volumes/Contents/PlugIns/_pcbnew.kiface,
> >>> 10): image not found
> >>> 06:53:16: IO_ERROR: Fatal Installation Bug
> >>> missing file:
> >>> '/Volumes/Contents/PlugIns/_pcbnew.kiface'
> >>>
> >>> argv[0]:
> >>> '/Volumes/Kicad/Kicad/pcbnew.app/Contents/MacOS/pcbnew'
> >>> from
> >>>
> /Users/jenkins/remoteroot/workspace/KiCadMacBuild/kicad/common/kiway.cpp
> >>> : KiFACE() : line 219
> >>> It appears that it is looking for Contents/PlugIns/_pcbnew.kiface at
> the
> >>> wrong place, and I am not sure why installing those libraries would fix
> >>> that problem.  I am going to pull this out into its own email so
> >>> discussion of this doesn't get merged with other nightly build
> questions.
> >>>
> >>> * Including libraries?  Not sure about this one.
> >>>
> >>> What has been done:
> >>>
> >>> * We redid our build cluster in a way that we could let in other
> people,
> >>> and not see the rest of the Wayne and Layne internal projects.  I hope
> >>> to get some more people in the packaging group, and this was a crucial
> >>> first step.
> >>>
> >>> * We have an OS X machine for building, and an OS X machine for
> testing,
> >>> and can restore it to the "freshly installed" state very easily.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>>
> >>> Adam Wolf
> >>> Cofounder and Engineer
> >>>
> >>>
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