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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

I hope we can get Python scripting working on OSX before the stable
release but I cannot guarantee it.  Building OSX binaries has been
difficult to say the least but I think we're close.  The OSX devs can
probably give you a better idea than I can.

On 3/14/2015 5:00 PM, Jean-Paul Louis wrote:
> 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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