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Re: Stable release 4.0.6

 

can we get an "official" python disabled build for osx of stable(all 3
python options disabled)? you can hide it in some nightmare of subdirs
or in testing it might just help diagnosing python/wxpython issues

On 25 February 2017 at 11:39, Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yeah - my general impression from a number of inconsistencies in the
> file format vs. the spec is that KiCad's file format really should be
> considered implementation-defined.
>
> In order to have a _proper_ file format spec, it seems to be that two
> things need to be done:
>
> 1. Put the format spec _in the repository_
> 2. Version it, and require anybody changing the format in the code to:
>     a. Update the YYYYMMDD version that gets written to the file
>        (technically we already require this, but I've seen a couple
>        changes go in without doing this...)
>     b. Make a new format spec version and document the change
>
> Until we do that, it's implementation-defined with a wannabe spec :P
>
> On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 11:23:42PM +0100, Nick Østergaard wrote:
>> Normally when we speak of "the docs" we are not talking about the
>> fileformat specs, but the stuff in https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-doc
>>
>> 2017-02-24 23:22 GMT+01:00 Kevin Cozens <kevin@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> > On 2017-02-23 01:29 AM, Nick Østergaard wrote:
>> >>
>> >> The docs are not quite ready yet,
>> >
>> >
>> > Documentation is (almost) always the last thing to get written or updated. I
>> > was making use of the file formats document while working on a project of
>> > mine to convert schematics from another program in to one that can be read
>> > by Kicad. I found a lot of issues with the docs.
>> >
>> > I was told Wayne maintains that document. I'll be emailing him to find out
>> > what the procedure is for providing information about the changes needed.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Cheers!
>> >
>> > Kevin.
>> >
>> > http://www.ve3syb.ca/           |"Nerds make the shiny things that distract
>> > Owner of Elecraft K2 #2172      | the mouth-breathers, and that's why we're
>> >                                 | powerful!"
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>> >
>> >
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