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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

I can just add a gallery page where we can dump lots and lots of
screenshots, preferably with some kind of annotaiton. It could act
sort of an extension of the made with kicad page.

http://www.kicad-pcb.org/display/KICAD/Made+with+KiCad

2015-06-21 0:06 GMT+02:00 Cirilo Bernardo <cirilo.bernardo@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Re: web page I'll help with the 3D models for whatever boards are featured.
> It seems to me that everyone agrees on HackRF so I'll add VRML models
> to that. If there are others that people will vote for I'll add them to my
> list.
>
> I think for the IDF feature, the screenshot with the video board showing
> both IDF and VRML will be enough. If we add a 'Gallery' page in the future
> I can add a few more IDF models.
>
> - Cirilo
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 2:58 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>>
>> 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?
>>  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.
>>
>>
>> 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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