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Re: Possible 4.0.3 prerelease test for OS X

 

Before the next stable release, we need to figure out why stable doesn't
build on CMake 3.5.something but builds fine on 3.1.something, and backport
the work.  I want to make some progress on Simon's signing stuff before
starting that.

Adam Wolf

On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 2:50 PM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>
>
> On 6/15/2016 3:05 PM, Adam Wolf wrote:
> > Hi Bob,
> >
> > Thanks for the extensive feedback.  It sounds to me like the package was
> > able to be opened and seemed normal, so I'm calling that a success!
> >
> > Combined with the other feedback, I'm going to say, Wayne, we can make a
> > 4.0.3 for OS X.  Let me know when it's all ready, and I can generate a
> > new one and get it uploaded.  Thanks everyone!
>
> Thank you OSX devs and users for getting this complete.  I still need to
> apply JP's locale patch witch requires some modifications when applied
> to the 4 stable branch.  After that I will tag the repo as 4.0.3 and
> give our doc and translation folks a chance to get any final changes in
> before updating launchpad to announce the new release.
> >
> > After that, the nightlies will resume too, and Simon Wells and I will
> > continue on the "Getting our OS X builds signed" work, which looks more
> > and more important each new OS X release.
> >
> > Adam Wolf
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 1:03 PM, Simon Wells <swel024@xxxxxxxxx
> > <mailto:swel024@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >
> >     Hi Bob,
> >
> >     In trunk/nightlies there is an option to have 2 finger pan instead of
> >     zoom with pinch-to-zoom. Which makes the behaviour much better on osx
> >     touchpads, While the speed of the zoom is annoying in stable i don't
> >     think it will be backported into stable
> >
> >     Simon
> >
> >     On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 2:25 AM, Bob Gustafson <bobgus@xxxxxxx
> >     <mailto:bobgus@xxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >     > Hi Adam
> >     >
> >     > I downloaded and installed both the kicad and kicad-extras.
> >     >
> >     > I opened kicad and it found the files I had been working on last.
> >     In the
> >     > schematic view, I see that the two finger motion is linked to the
> >     zoom. If I
> >     > hold the shift key down, the two finger drag works to move the
> >     schematic
> >     > around in an intuitive manner (for me at least). Both up/down and
> >     sideways
> >     > works fine - with limits when the edge of the paper shows on the
> >     screen.
> >     > Thumbs up on all counts (except maybe the requirement for holding
> >     down the
> >     > shift key).
> >     >
> >     > When I hold down the Command key, the two finger drag drives the
> image
> >     > sideways, but in a direction opposite to the two finger drag.
> >     >
> >     > The zoom out - stops at a postage stamp size. Maybe this limit is
> >     too far..
> >     > Zoom in stops at a reasonable point - label text is almost an inch
> >     high.
> >     >
> >     > ----
> >     >
> >     > Going to the pcb view, both default and openGl views link the two
> >     finger
> >     > drag to the zoom. The maximum limit of the zoom makes text numbers
> >     about one
> >     > foot wide. It is difficult to figure out where I am on a pad - the
> >     pad is
> >     > several windows wide. The smaller limit is postage stamp size for
> >     a page.
> >     >
> >     > It seems that the trackpad to scroll/zoom is too sensitive. A one
> tick
> >     > movement of the two fingers will move/zoom the image quite a way.
> >     >
> >     > Holding the shift key down converts the two finger drag to an
> >     up/down and
> >     > sideways scroll on the default view, but on the openGL view, shift
> >     limits
> >     > the scroll to up/down and Command limits the scroll to sideways.
> >     Not all
> >     > that desirable as well as being inconsistent with the schematic
> >     motions.
> >     >
> >     > ------
> >     >
> >     > Thinking about the ReadMe on your Extras installation screen, I
> >     closed KiCad
> >     > and then copied the ftp table into the local Library directory as
> >     requested.
> >     >
> >     > On re-opening KiCad, I can see the schematic, but somehow the pcb
> >     view was
> >     > left in an ultrazoomed/scrolled state from my previous experiments
> >     (see
> >     > above) - and I couldn't find my pcb. I tried zooming and
> >     scrolling. I saw
> >     > big and small gridwork, but the pcb must have been left miles away
> -
> >     > somewhere.
> >     >
> >     > I didn't get to test the footprints - but nothing crashed..
> >     >
> >     > My computer is a Macbook Air 11" with OSX 10.11.5 - using integral
> >     trackpad.
> >     >
> >     > Have fun
> >     >
> >     > Bob G
> >     >
> >     >
> >     > On 06/15/2016 07:49 AM, Adam Wolf wrote:
> >     >
> >     > Hi folks,
> >     >
> >     > As you know, there have been some struggles testing what will
> >     become 4.0.3
> >     > for OS X. :)  I think we got through them all!
> >     >
> >     > If someone so inclined could download "4.0.3 rc7" from
> >     > http://downloads.kicad-pcb.org/osx/stable/, and do a little
> >     testing, that
> >     > would be awesome.
> >     >
> >     > I don't need a super deep test, mostly "Do the DMGs look
> >     alright?"  and
> >     > "KiCad opened after I installed it through the DMGs."
> >     >
> >     > Thanks!
> >     >
> >     > Adam Wolf
> >     > Cofounder and Engineer
> >     > W&L
> >     >
> >     >
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