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[Adam Wolf <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Wayne,

We can definitely make a Mac stable autobuilder that will continue to build
the stable branch.

I will work on it when I get in there and switch the default build to have
Python scripting.

Adam Wolf

On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 3:33 AM, Miguel Angel Ajo <mangelajo@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Thanks for the update Wayne, and thanks everybody for working hard into a
> good direction.
>
> I believe we can easily set in place autobuilders for the stable release
> too, so, when new patches are sent to stable branch, we get a fresh stable
> build.
>
> On the fedora side I will create kicad-stable repo on the copr autobuilder
> for easy consumption, with a long term goal is to get it into default
> fedora, but I guess that needs the wxwidgets + gtk2 build in-fedora.
>
> Best,
> Miguel Ángel
>
>
> Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
>
>> This week did not go as planned.  I was ready to pull the trigger on the
>> stable branch yesterday when the 3D viewer crash report came in.  I
>> would like to get that addressed before I create the stable branch.
>> Once this fix is committed, I will create a stable branch (4.0.0-rc1)
>> for testing.  This means no new features (except possibly Tom's Eeschema
>> to Pcbnew update patch) until after the stable release.  We will
>> continue to apply bug fixes to the product branch so the autobuilders
>> can be used for testing.  I will periodically merge the fixes into the
>> stable release branch until it's ready for prime time.
>>
>> I just committed a change in how the build version string is generated
>> which should fix the long standing issue of the bzr version not getting
>> updated automatically without running `make rebuild_cache`.  I also
>> added the ability to define the version string during CMake
>> configuration which will allow packagers to define the appropriate
>> version string for stable release builds.  Configuring CMake like this:
>>
>> cmake -DKICAD_BUILD_VERSION="4.0.0-rc1" -DKICAD_REPO_NAME="stable"
>>
>> will result in a build string of:
>>
>> 4.0.0-rc1-stable
>>
>> I've only tested this on windows so please let me know if you find any
>> issues on other platforms.  For those of you who are using the msys2
>> package builder file PKGBUILD to build kicad, please note that the msys2
>> version of bzr is broken and will fail attempting to determine the bzr
>> version.  Please comment out the bzr source build dependency in PKGBUILD
>> and use one of the native bzr windows installers instead.  Make sure to
>> add the bzr executable to your system path so CMake can find it during
>> configuration.  I will remove it from the PKGBUILD file and send a pull
>> request to the msys2 devs when I get a chance.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Wayne
>>
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