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Re: Stable release update.

 

I still cannot build with Python Scripting enabled in OS X,
and the build made by Adam was not working (Python console unusable)

Will that be fixed before stable release? I am not using it yet because of this.

Just curious,
Jean-Paul
AC9GH


> On Mar 14, 2015, at 2:47 PM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> As you all know we are currently working towards a stable release.  I
> need to get and idea of what open items are left before I declare a
> feature freeze.  Here is the list of things I know about:
> 
> * Environment variable path edit dialog (me, in progress).
> * Add bitmaps and missing entries to GAL canvas context menu (CERN).
> * Python API (Miguel).
> * OSX track pad (Garth).
> 
> Are there any other features that are on the radar for the next stable
> release?  I will make exceptions on a case by case basis after the
> freeze but I don't want to get blind sided by any unexpected feature
> requests the week before the stable release.
> 
> We need to go through the bug tracker and make sure we don't have any
> known severe bugs which cause crashes and/or data loss that have not
> been tagged fix committed and take the appropriate action.  This number
> will have to be zero before I will make the stable release.  Obviously I
> would like to get as many of non-critical bugs fixed as well.
> 
> What is the current status of the documentation and it's CMake build
> configuration code?  Are we far enough along that we can move the repo
> to https://github.com/KiCad?  I want all of the "official" KiCad repos
> there for obvious reasons.  We also need to get this set up soon so the
> documentation for the new router features can be added which I'm
> guessing will take awhile.  I will give all of the necessary document
> developers commit access to that repo once it is set up.  I'm going to
> let the doc developers handle the pull requests so I can keep my
> involvement to a minimum.  Also, what about nightly builds of the
> documentation?  We will need them as well.
> 
> I think we are in pretty good shape as far as nightly builds go for all
> of the major platforms.  Thanks to all of you who have worked tirelessly
> on this.  If we are missing anything in this regard, please help out if
> you can so we can have as many bases covered as possible once the stable
> release is out.
> 
> Hopefully I can announce the feature freeze in the next few weeks so we
> can start focusing on the stable release.
> 
> Thank you all for efforts.  I hoping the next stable release of KiCad
> will meet the needs of our users.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Wayne
> 
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