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[Adam Wolf <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is the doc tarball ready?

Adam Wolf

On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 7:02 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Are we good go on the release announcement this weekend?  If I don't
> hear anything, I'll go ahead and make the announcement Sunday.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Wayne
>
> On 12/15/2016 3:08 PM, Nick Østergaard wrote:
> > I have uploaded the libs.
> >
> > 2016-12-09 14:23 GMT+01:00 Carl Poirier <carl.poirier.2@xxxxxxxxx>:
> >> Alright.
> >>
> >> On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 1:34 AM, Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Symlinks are not portable. I will just copy it, it is not taking up
> >>> that much space.
> >>>
> >>> 2016-12-09 2:16 GMT+01:00 Carl Poirier <carl.poirier.2@xxxxxxxxx>:
> >>>> Better yet, in the tarball still, just add a symlink from the old to
> the
> >>>> new
> >>>> name.
> >>>>
> >>>> On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 4:55 PM, Carl Poirier <
> carl.poirier.2@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Yeah that was my thoughts. Include in the tarball the old and the new
> >>>>> names.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 4:38 PM, Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Yeah, I don't know what is the best solution. But alternatively we
> >>>>>> could also just include them in the tarball, if we don't want it to
> >>>>>> "pollute" the github kicad org.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> These tarballs:
> >>>>>> http://downloads.kicad-pcb.org/libraries/
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> 2016-12-07 22:28 GMT+01:00 Carl Poirier <carl.poirier.2@xxxxxxxxx>:
> >>>>>>> Aah, I see now. I had missed the part that the fp-lib-table didn't
> >>>>>>> get
> >>>>>>> updated along the new install.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> We indeed decided to keep the pretty names the same but with
> >>>>>>> Github's
> >>>>>>> redirection, I missed the local uppgrade use case. What I can do is
> >>>>>>> restore
> >>>>>>> a copy of the pretties with the old name. This way the newer
> >>>>>>> pretties
> >>>>>>> will
> >>>>>>> work with the old fp-lib-table.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Carl
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 1:57 PM, Wayne Stambaugh
> >>>>>>> <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> On 12/7/2016 1:52 PM, Nick Østergaard wrote:
> >>>>>>>>> Yes, but lets use the windows use case. A user has 4.0.4 intalled
> >>>>>>>>> and
> >>>>>>>>> have fp-lib-table that matches the one used there for local libs.
> >>>>>>>>> He
> >>>>>>>>> then uninstalls 4.0.4 and install 4.0.5 (this would be the same
> >>>>>>>>> as
> >>>>>>>>> an
> >>>>>>>>> update with a package manager and possibly osx too), the
> >>>>>>>>> fp-lib-table
> >>>>>>>>> is a user preference and will now reference non existing pretty
> >>>>>>>>> dirs.
> >>>>>>>>> The user starts pcbnew or cvpcb to add parts and when kicad tries
> >>>>>>>>> to
> >>>>>>>>> access one of those libs that do not exist anymore he gets
> >>>>>>>>> "unexpected" errors.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> All I ask about is really; what is the desired action?
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> I am ok with just including the rename, but I remember that at
> >>>>>>>>> some
> >>>>>>>>> time we said that we should not remove libs for patch releases.
> >>>>>>>>> This
> >>>>>>>>> would require a mention in the release note, which is probably
> >>>>>>>>> also
> >>>>>>>>> acceptable.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> I believe keeping the library names the same for stable series
> >>>>>>>> releases
> >>>>>>>> was what we originally decided.  I'm OK with adding a note to the
> >>>>>>>> release notes for this one time.  In the future, we should
> probably
> >>>>>>>> create a release series branch for the libraries as we did with
> the
> >>>>>>>> source and cherry-pick changes as required.  I know it's extra
> work
> >>>>>>>> but
> >>>>>>>> this will keep users happy.  Hopefully there wont be many more 4
> >>>>>>>> stable
> >>>>>>>> releases so it probably doesn't make sense to do this until the 5
> >>>>>>>> stable
> >>>>>>>> release.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> 2016-12-07 19:43 GMT+01:00 Carl Poirier
> >>>>>>>>> <carl.poirier.2@xxxxxxxxx>:
> >>>>>>>>>> Well, if I use all the libs as local pretties, using the
> >>>>>>>>>> fp-lib-table
> >>>>>>>>>> that
> >>>>>>>>>> has been tagged the same will work, won't it? Do we want to
> >>>>>>>>>> support
> >>>>>>>>>> mix
> >>>>>>>>>> and
> >>>>>>>>>> matching tags?
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 10:45 AM, Nick Østergaard
> >>>>>>>>>> <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>>>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> Well, the issue os the fact that if a user has choosen (one way
> >>>>>>>>>>> or
> >>>>>>>>>>> the
> >>>>>>>>>>> other) to use all of the local libs he needs to update the
> >>>>>>>>>>> fp-lib-table
> >>>>>>>>>>> manually. An option is to copy the renamed pretty fors to the
> >>>>>>>>>>> old
> >>>>>>>>>>> name
> >>>>>>>>>>> as to
> >>>>>>>>>>> not generate errors for the user.
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> Den 07/12/2016 13.21 skrev "Carl Poirier"
> >>>>>>>>>>> <carl.poirier.2@xxxxxxxxx>:
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> The KIGITHUB variable leads to Github. For using the pretties
> >>>>>>>>>>> locally,
> >>>>>>>>>>> the
> >>>>>>>>>>> fp-lib-table.for-pretty has to be used instead, which is the
> >>>>>>>>>>> one
> >>>>>>>>>>> that's
> >>>>>>>>>>> included by default in the stable release. Anyway, as I had
> >>>>>>>>>>> mentioned
> >>>>>>>>>>> in
> >>>>>>>>>>> another thread very recently, the Github plugin is not even
> >>>>>>>>>>> built
> >>>>>>>>>>> in
> >>>>>>>>>>> the
> >>>>>>>>>>> stable release so I don't know how users can get into trouble.
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> Carl
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> On Dec 7, 2016 1:45 AM, "Nick Østergaard" <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> But this will not help if the user is using them locally. How
> >>>>>>>>>>>> is
> >>>>>>>>>>>> that
> >>>>>>>>>>>> supposed to be handled?
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> 2016-12-07 0:46 GMT+01:00 Carl Poirier
> >>>>>>>>>>>> <carl.poirier.2@xxxxxxxxx>:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Nick,
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> I do understand but it is not an issue, Just try it out, go
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> to
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/KiCad/Buttons_Switches_ThroughHole.pretty
> .
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Carl
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 5:12 PM, Nick Østergaard
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Carl
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have found an issue with the lib tagging. I think we
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> decided
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> to
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> not
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> remove any libs for the patch releaes. That is for releases
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> where
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> only
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> the third number changes. What I see is:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Buttons_Switches_ThroughHole.pretty remaned to
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Buttons_Switches_THT.pretty
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Capacitors_ThroughHole.pretty renamed to
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Capacitors_THT.pretty
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Connect.pretty renamed to Connectors.pretty
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Terminal_Blocks.pretty renamed to
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Connectors_Terminal_Blocks.pretty
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sockets_WAGO734.pretty renamed to Connectors_WAGO.pretty
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Diodes_ThroughHole.pretty renamed to Diodes_THT.pretty
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Display.pretty renamed to Displays.pretty
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Relays_ThroughHole.pretty renamed to Relays_THT.pretty
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Resistors_ThroughHole.pretty renamed to Resistors_THT.pretty
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sockets_BNC.pretty removed?
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sockets_Mini-Universal.pretty renamed to
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Connectors_Mini-Universal.pretty
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Won't users have to manually update their fp-lib-table?
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Repos not tagged, Connectors_Amphenol.pretty
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Battery_Holders.pretty
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> .
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> This looks correct, so that is ok.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> The fp-lib-table.for-pretty seems to match the repos tagged.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Those renamed repos will easily summon errors in the users
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> face. I
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> hope you understand what I mean.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2016-12-03 22:54 GMT+01:00 Carl Poirier
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> <carl.poirier.2@xxxxxxxxx>:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I will be tagging the libs in 24h.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Carl
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Dec 3, 2016 at 3:00 PM, Adam Wolf
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'll take a look early this week!
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Dec 3, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Wayne Stambaugh
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Better late than never.  I just pushed the 4.0.5 stable
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> release.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Just
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> note to the package devs, you no longer need to set the
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> version
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> string
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> at config.  You can use KICAD_VERSION_EXTRA to append any
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> package
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> specific information to the "4.0.5" version string.  This
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> will
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> also
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> hold
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> true when building from the source archive when I make
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> official
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> announcement.  Hopefully it wont take more than a week or
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> two to
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> get
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> get
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> documentation, libraries, and most of the packages ready.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Please
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> let
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> me
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> know so I can plan the release announcement.  Thank you
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> everyone
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> efforts.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cheers,
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Wayne
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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