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Re: OS X Packaging Update

 

2014-12-23 21:08 GMT+01:00 Adam Wolf <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> I do not think I ever got connected with Miguel enough to get a working
> login to the server.  If you have access, I can give you an ssh public key
> that you can add to a user.

I don't have login access to the machine itself, just the Jenkins interface.

> Also, sneak peek.  (I am not a graphics guy, but I whipped this up as a
> barebones example.)

Looks great to me, although I think those arrowheads are massive
comared to the arrow line part. And the KiCad logo looks odd to me,
compared to:
http://www.kicad-pcb.org/download/attachments/589828/kicad_logo.png?version=1&modificationDate=1334481453000&api=v2

But I am not really sure where the original vectorized version is, I
think it was Lorenzo that made it, is that right?

> Adam Wolf
> Cofounder and Engineer
> W&L
>
> On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 1:37 PM, Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> 2014-12-23 19:14 GMT+01:00 Adam Wolf <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> > Hi Nick,
>> >
>> > I have a jenkins system here--I can upload my build artifacts to the
>> > Kicad
>> > Jenkins though. I would prefer not to make my system be a direct build
>> > slave
>> > for security reasons.
>>
>> Ok, this is fair enough.
>>
>> But did Miguel ever get around to give you the access to get the
>> automated uploads working?
>>
>> > I was out sick all last week with a 102F fever, but this weekend I
>> > updated
>> > my script to build a good Kicad footprints dmg.  I think the last thing
>> > left
>> > before the next status update is setting KIGITHUB.  I tested it and it
>> > works
>> > well, but I need to do it automatically.
>>
>> Ok, get well soon. Good to hear you are still progressing.
>>
>> > Adam Wolf
>> > Cofounder and Engineer
>> > W&L
>> >
>> > On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 12:01 PM, Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hello Adam
>> >>
>> >> I see that your builds is not added to the Jenkins running on
>> >> ci.kicad-pcb.org. I want to see that happen, and Miguel gave me rights
>> >> on Jenkins some time ago.
>> >>
>> >> So if you are ready to set this up, it should be straight forward to
>> >> add a slave node (your OSX machine). All it takes is jave on the
>> >> slave, and a SSH connection. Jenkins copies a jar to the slave where
>> >> jenkins operate from.
>> >>
>> >> It can be used with a username and password, or via SSH keys. I tried
>> >> both with the fedora20 connection. Seems to work nicely.
>> >>
>> >> Basically what is needed for the SSH key method, that is a private key
>> >> on the master and the public key in the authorized_keys file on the
>> >> relevant user on the slave. I guess it is best to have a dedicated
>> >> user on the box for the kicad build, just for seperation of access to
>> >> the filesystem.
>> >>
>> >> The jenkins job is just invoking commands on the shell, so if you
>> >> already have a script to do the work, I can just call that from
>> >> jenkins, and you can easily maintain it. I think.  Maybe some catches
>> >> for errors is needed for proper buildfailure detection. Otherwise I
>> >> guess I can give you rights on the master.
>> >>
>> >> Regards
>> >> Nick Østergaard
>> >>
>> >> 2014-10-30 15:01 GMT+01:00 Adam Wolf <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> >> > 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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