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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you Rene!

What else needs to be done so we can get the packages built?

On 8/23/2017 6:51 PM, Rene Pöschl wrote:
> On 22/08/17 14:53, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
>> Sorry about the delay but I was dealing with a family emergency all last
>> week.  Now that I'm getting caught up I really need to get stable
>> version 4.0.7 released.  Are there any outstanding issue remaining
>> before I make the release announcement?  I'm shooting for Friday or
>> Saturday.
>>
>> On 8/17/2017 8:45 AM, Rene Pöschl wrote:
>>> On 16/08/17 01:35, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
>>>> AFAIK we intend to use the 4.0.6 tag for libraries, docs, and i18n. 
>>>> The
>>>> libraries in particular have changed significantly and I think it's a
>>>> bad idea to break users schematics on a point release.
>>> Does the default setup of kicad use the github plugin to get up do date
>>> footprints?
>> Github.
>>
>>> If so this will create inconsistencies within the lib. (If the symbol
>>> and 3d model libs are not updated as well)
>> I hadn't thought about that but you are correct.  Maybe it makes sense
>> to tag the library repo where it stands right now.  That being said, as
>> the footprints and library repo change, they may (will) eventually get
>> out of sync so this isn't an ideal solution.
> 
> I created the 4.0.7 tag on all our libs. (Well 4 footprint libs do not
> have tags yet because i do not have write access to these 4 libs. The
> good news is that these are very new libs with only a handful of
> footprints in them.)
> 
>>
>>> In particular there might be a problem if either a footprint has been
>>> renamed.
>>> (Footprint field or footprint filters of a symbol is now wrong.)
>>>
>>> Or if the scaling, offset or rotation of 3d models changed within a
>>> footprints 3d model settings.
>>> (We got a lot of new correctly scaled models since the 4.0.6 release)
>>>
>>> In my opinion it would be best if users can control when they receive
>>> new libraries.
>>> Each update should make sure that all 3 types of libraries are updated
>>> at the same time. (to the same version)
>> Unfortunately, we are not set up to handle this at the moment and I
>> would not ask our package devs to fix this for the 4.0.7 release.  It is
>> certainly something worth considering for the 5 stable release.
> I am aware of the fact that over time the libs will again get out of
> sync. (I think everyone involved with the library is aware of this fact.)
> The impact of our scaling changes will be reduced if users get an update
> of the 3d lib.
> 
> 
> 
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