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[Bernhard Stegmaier <stegmaier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

… I wouldn’t bet that some program/package with various compile options has the same set of features activated on Debian, Arch, whatever other Linux distribution…
At least, that’s my experience with some packages I used.


Regards,
Bernhard

> On 7. Dec 2017, at 17:59, kristoffer Ödmark <kristofferodmark90@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> I still think this is strange reasoning, so the version 5 will be built differently on every system? I thought v5 should include the spice simulator?
> 
> Are you saying there is no recommended way to deliver kicad? So when I send a file to my friend on windows, he might not be able to do the same things as I can on ubuntu, or on arch or whatever?
> 
> I understand that there are optional dependencies, but basically having the option to turn them off still seems better than having the option to turn them on. At least when turning them off I will understand why they are not in kicad. And a new developer might find this easier as well.
> 
> Can we at least have an update to the build docs that reflects what is deemed non-experimental or a line stating that everything should be turned on?
> 
> - Kristoffer
> 
> On 2017-12-07 16:53, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
>> I hope users are no longer building kicad from source.  We tried that
>> already and it was a disaster.  The build options should reflect the
>> dependencies available on the platform it's being built on.  Whether or
>> not an optional feature is ready for release is not relevant.  For
>> example if ngspice was not built with the --with-libngspice option
>> (which apparently on arch linux it is not), setting KICAD_SPICE=ON will
>> fail during build config.  It is up to the system package developer to
>> determine if kicad should be built with spice support.
>> 
>> On 12/6/2017 9:04 AM, Kristoffer Ödmark wrote:
>>> Are we not in feature freeze, the features that I enabled by default is
>>> from my understanding the ones that will be built into the official
>>> ones. And yes, the people that are compiling a non-standard install
>>> shuld be savvy enough to be change the compilation settings. That is why
>>> i think the default build should reflect the ones being run by the less
>>> savvy users.
>>> 
>>>  -Kristoffer
>>> 
>>> On 12/06/2017 11:31 AM, Simon Richter wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> On 06.12.2017 11:12, Kristoffer Ödmark wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> I do not see why anyone is even objecting to this? Where is the logic at
>>>>> having a default build that does not correspond to any of the official
>>>>> packages?!
>>>> That usually happens because the nightly builds enable all the
>>>> experimental features to allow people to test them, but the default is
>>>> still "disabled" because they introduce extra dependencies and make life
>>>> difficult for people compiling from source.
>>>> 
>>>> The default for new options needs to be decided before the release, I
>>>> think, and "release" packages should go with that.
>>>> 
>>>>     Simon
>>>> 
>>>> 
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