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[jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 03/04/2018 à 14:06, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit :
> On 4/3/2018 7:12 AM, jp charras wrote:
>> Le 03/04/2018 à 00:42, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit :
>>> Things have quieted down quit a bit so we should be close to an rc2
>>> release.  I saw a 3D viewer crash report but it looks like it might be a
>>> video driver issue.  Are there any other outstanding issues we need to
>>> fix before rc2 is tagged?  Please note, rc2 is going to be the UI string
>>> freeze so no UI string changes other than spelling errors after rc2.  If
>>> you have any UI string changes, now is the time.  Thanks again everyone
>>> for stepping up and squashing bugs for rc2.  Hopefully, there wont be a
>>> lot of critical bugs and we can roll out v5 by the end of April.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Wayne
>>
>> I know 2 non critical bugs, but annoying bugs, in Pcbnew:
>> 1 - In GAL mode, when selecting a zone outline (for instance to edit this zone parameters), and
>> deselecting it, it is always refilled, even if no change is made.
> 
> Is there a bug report filed against this?  How much effort is required
> to fix this?  The zone should not be refilled if no changes are made.

Not yet.
(I saw that recently, when trying to understand why each time I selected a zone outline for edit,
the Zone settings dialog took a while to be displayed for complex zones).

I am not so familiar with events management on GAL, and I'll leave a guy who has a better knowledge
of this code to fix this issue.

> 
>> 2 - The Footprint Wizard Library allows downloading and using libraries on Github.
>> It works only for V4 libraries.
>> Is is no longer compatible with the V5 footprint libraries on Github.
>> It can create serious mistakes for users.
>> (Perhaps the easy way is just to disable the Github library management)
>>
> 
> Now that I think about it, what is the downside to leaving the github
> plugin support in the wizard?  Some users may still want to keep their
> personal footprint libraries on github and continue to use the plugin.

At least, the user interface for the github support in the wizard should be modified.
V5 footprint libraries cannot be downloaded by the wizard, only V4 version.
This is due to the way the V5 libs are managed on Github, and this way is not compatible with the
current wizard (and the github plugin)

It should be clear for an user the wizard can download personnal libs, but no longer the official
kicad libs.

-- 
Jean-Pierre CHARRAS