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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/2/2016 6:16 PM, Maciej Sumiński wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> We have already finished the hackathon at e-HAL in Sao Paulo. We would
> like thank all the participants for the effort they put in KiCad
> development. While at the moment none of the features we worked is ready
> to merge, the current status is:
> 
> * SVG importer (thanks to Janito) [1]
>   - done: abstraction layer to handle different vector graphic formats,
> plugin to handle SVG format
>   - to-do: fix the UI, handle scaling (at least in the import dialog),
> optionally: importing graphics as filled polygons
> 
> * Eagle import plugin (thanks to Till and Henrique) [2]
>   - in progress: refactor pcbnew plugin to use expat instead of
> boost::xml_property_tree, schematics plugin

Isn't this just creating a new dependency?  Did you look at wxXml?  Why
expat?  I would like to to discuss this further when you get a chance.

Wayne

> 
> * Object Inspector [3]
>   - done: basic introspection system, GUI for property editor, basic
> description of BOARD_ITEMs
>   - to be done: clean up the code, create full description for classes,
> validators, reorganize properties order, renaming properties depending
> on the parent class
> 
> I am aware about a few bug fix attempts too, so there is still a chance
> for more contributions. I will be absent until 14th November, but once I
> am back, I am going review the code and merge as much as possible.
> 
> Taking the opportunity, we would like to express gratitude to our
> hosts. It was a great event, thank you for organizing it!
> 
> Tom, Javier & Orson
> 
> 1. https://github.com/jvff/kicad-source-mirror/tree/svg_import
> 2. https://gist.github.com/hdante/b86454b6d2b3c36b257c5e8475a4cf02
> 3. https://code.launchpad.net/~orsonmmz/kicad/+git/kicad/+ref/properties
> 
> 
> 
> On 10/12/2016 06:16 PM, Maciej Sumiński wrote:
>> Hi there,
>>
>> At the end of this month there will be another KiCad hackathon, hosted
>> by e-HAL [1] and supported by Garoa hackerspace [2]. We have prepared a
>> few blueprints [3] for the features that we would like to develop during
>> the event.
>>
>> If you find any of them interesting and feel like helping the project,
>> join us at #kicad or #garoa (irc.freenode.net) during the last weekend
>> of October. If you have another idea for a hackathon subject, do not
>> hesitate to propose it!
>>
>> Regards,
>> Orson
>>
>> 1. https://e-hal.org.br/
>> 2. https://garoa.net.br/
>> 3. http://www.ohwr.org/projects/cern-kicad/wiki/Hackathon-ehal
>>
>>
>>
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