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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

2015-06-20 19:57 GMT+02:00 Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>:
>
> Den 20/06/2015 18.58 skrev "Wayne Stambaugh" <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>
>> We are getting closer to the stable release branch.  I am on vacation
>> from June 27th to July 5th so I will be making a big push to create a
>> stable release candidate branch on Lauchpad some time that week.  I will
>> need some help to make that happen.  Here are the main issues:
>>
>>
>> Bugs:
>>
>> See
>>
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bugs?field.searchtext=&orderby=-importance&search=Search&field.status%3Alist=NEW&field.status%3Alist=CONFIRMED&field.status%3Alist=TRIAGED&field.status%3Alist=INPROGRESS&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITH_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITHOUT_RESPONSE&field.importance%3Alist=CRITICAL&field.importance%3Alist=HIGH&assignee_option=any&field.assignee=&field.bug_reporter=&field.bug_commenter=&field.subscriber=&field.structural_subscriber=&field.tag=&field.tags_combinator=ANY&field.has_cve.used=&field.omit_dupes.used=&field.omit_dupes=on&field.affects_me.used=&field.has_patch.used=&field.has_branches.used=&field.has_branches=on&field.has_no_branches.used=&field.has_no_branches=on&field.has_blueprints.used=&field.has_blueprints=on&field.has_no_blueprints.used=&field.has_no_blueprints=on
>>
>> There are a few bugs in this list that probably shouldn't have a
>> critical or high severity.  I've already commented on bugs that I
>> believe should have their severity changed.  The rest need to be
>> addressed before the stable branch occurs.  The one that is the most
>> disconcerting is the symbol library editor bug #1445848.  If someone can
>> come up with a reliable method to reproduce this I would appreciate it.
>>  I also think most of the GAL bugs in this list have already been
>> addressed.  Can someone please confirm?
>>
>>
>> Documentation:
>>
>> Is the documentation ready to be transferred to
>> https://github.com/KiCad?  If not, what is left to do?  At one point I
>> was waiting on Orson to merge the P&S router documentation and Brian to
>> merge the CMake configuration code.  Have both of these been completed?
>
> Yes. Orson put the pns doc in the pcbnew doc and Brian's cmake stuff has
> been merged. It can still be improved, but it will build html and pdf now.
>
>>  Also, some of the grammar in our English documentation could use some
>> work.  If you have the time please fix as much as possible before the
>> stable release.  Every little bit makes a difference.

By the way, with the removal of cvpcb as a standalone exe, what should
we do about the document describing it? Should it be compressed a bit
more and put into the eeschema doc somehow?

You can view its current form on http://docs.kicad-pcb.org/CvPcb/CvPcb.html

>> Libraries:
>>
>> If there are any last minute changes to the symbol, footprint, and/or 3D
>> model libraries, now is the time to get that done.  We should probably
>> tag the library repos when we release the stable branch so the packagers
>> can pull the same libraries if the need be.
>>
>>
>> Packages:
>>
>> We will have to provide stable packages for windows, osx, and debian
>> based distros.  Do we have an rpm distro package?  If so, that would be
>> useful as well.  I will add the stable source package to Launchpad for
>> package builders to download.  I will also update the msys2/mingw
>> PKGBUILD file to download the stable source.
>>
>>
>> Website:
>>
>> There was a request to update the website with some new images for the
>> stable release which I think is a good idea.  If anyone can make that
>> happen by the end of July, that would be awesome.  It's not a show
>> stopper but it would be a nice touch.
>>
>>
>> Stable branch:
>>
>> Once the bugs above have been addressed, I will create a stable release
>> branch 4.0.0-rc1 on launchpad.  This branch should be used to create
>> stable packages for testing.  I would like a few weeks of calm before
>> the actual stable release is made to make sure we didn't miss anything.
>>  Once the rc stable branch is created on launchpad, I will still place a
>> moratorium on new features being added to the product branch in order to
>> keep the focus on the stable branch until it's released.  Once the
>> stable branch is release is official, I will open up the product branch
>> for new feature development.
>>
>> If there is anything I missed, please let me know and thank you to
>> everyone who has put forth the effort to make this happen.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Wayne
>>
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