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Re: Version 4 stable branch rc1 released.

 

It would be nice if we had  .deb packages for debian and related systems :3.

On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 5:50 PM, Ian Woloschin <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I believe I have a working set of ebuilds for Gentoo/Funtoo, located here:
>
> https://github.com/iwoloschin/overlay
>
> I've split KiCad (binaries) and kicad-libraries (components & footprints)
> into two separate ebuilds, though I'm not sure it's necessary.  I've done
> very minimal testing at this point, but it compiles and runs, so it's a
> start!  I'd like to clean stuff up a bit, but it's currently at the point
> that I believe it to be useable.
>
> Not sure anyone else here use Gentoo/Funtoo, so unless you guys would like
> me to wait I'll go ahead and post this on the KiCad.info forums as well,
> probably later tonight or tomorrow.  After I get some testing done and I
> know I haven't done something stupid with my ebuilds I can try to write up a
> quick blurb for the Downloads page on the website.
>
> -Ian
>
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 4:16 PM Jean-Samuel Reynaud <js.reynaud@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>>
>> A dedicated PPA is available for kicad V4 branch:
>>
>> ppa:js-reynaud/kicad-4
>>
>> Regards,
>> Le 13/09/2015 17:37, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit :
>> > The libraries and documentation are maintained separately from the
>> > source.  For now I would just use a snapshot of the current libraries
>> > and docs.  As part of the final stable release, I will create source
>> > archives so that the version 4 libraries and documentation remain
>> > consistent across all builds.  I'm less concerned about this for the rc
>> > builds.
>> >
>> > On 9/13/2015 11:25 AM, Ian Woloschin wrote:
>> >> Awesome!
>> >>
>> >> I'm working on putting together an ebuild for Gentoo/Funtoo Linux.  I
>> >> think I've got the binaries working, but when I try to start a new
>> >> project there are no component libraries when I open Eeschema.  I had
>> >> thought the Eeschema components were included, and Pcbnew footprints
>> >> were separate, but it looks like this is not true? Is the preferred
>> >> method to get Eeschema components still going to be straight from BZR,
>> >> as described here: http://kicad-pcb.org/contribute/build-linux/?  Or
>> >> will there be a "4.0" release (tarball?) of the component libraries?
>> >>
>> >> As far as the Pcbnew footprints, if I build the github plugin will it
>> >> automatically include an appropriate footprint table pointing at the
>> >> Github repo?  Or do I need to take specific actions to do that?  I
>> >> could
>> >> probably also optionally do something like what Adam's done for OS X,
>> >> where there's the base install, plus extras (footprints).
>> >>
>> >> -Ian
>> >>
>> >> On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 5:09 AM Javier Serrano
>> >> <javier.serrano.pareja@xxxxxxxxx
>> >> <mailto:javier.serrano.pareja@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>     On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 1:11 AM, Wayne Stambaugh
>> >>     <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>> >>     > Thank you to everyone who has made this possible.  It's been a
>> >> lot of
>> >>     > work but it's also been a hell of a lot fun.  I think I hear a
>> >>     couple of
>> >>     > adult beverages in my refrigerator calling my name.
>> >>
>> >>     Indeed quite a ride! Thank you and congratulations to everyone for
>> >>     this milestone.
>> >>
>> >>     Cheers,
>> >>
>> >>     Javier
>> >>
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