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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 12/10/2015 06:37 PM, Nick Østergaard wrote:
> 2015-12-11 0:34 GMT+01:00 Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> On 12/10/2015 06:29 PM, Mário Luzeiro wrote:
>>> I also had this problem in my distro.
>>>
>>> Since current kicad source was building with an older version I suggest that you can reduce to a lower version number.
>>> Hopefully when new (eg: 3d-viewer) code will be added, we can update the requirement for a more updated GLM version.
>>
>> This will not happen.  We do not back port features period only severe
>> bugs will be fix due to man power issues.  If you want the latest
>> features, use the nightly builds or build from source.  The stable
>> release policy is in the developer docs on the kicad website.
> 
> I don't think Mario is talking about backporting changes. He is only
> talking about what GLM version we should require.
> 
I misunderstood.  For stable builds, the GLM that was included in KiCad
will remain as is unless there is a reason to change it.  For the
current development branch, I believe 9.5 is the minimum required to
support the planned 3D viewer features.