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Re: Windows Builds

 

(Marek and I did pull the macOS builds, and I regenerated it as
Release and got everything all fixed up on the website.)
On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 7:31 AM Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> We should have created a release build of the stable version.  I'm fine
> with nightly builds having debugging information.  Stable releases
> should not have debug info.
>
> On 7/25/2018 8:10 AM, Jakub Kozdon wrote:
> > There are probably in http://downloads.kicad-pcb.org/windows/testing/
> > instead of stable.
> >
> > Dne 25.7.2018 v 13:51 Wayne Stambaugh napsal(a):
> >> I thought we created a new windows release build to prevent the
> >> assertions.  Did that not happen?
> >>
> >> On 7/25/2018 7:01 AM, Andrew Lutsenko wrote:
> >>> Were the windows builds ever fixed?
> >>> I downloaded 5.0 today and get a wxWidgets assert simply from clicking
> >>> on tools menu in Pcbnew.
> >>> kicadassert.png
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 6:34 AM Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx
> >>> <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>      I'm fine with creating a packaging document.  We could add it to
> >>> the
> >>>      developers documentation or it could also be an external
> >>> document with a
> >>>      link in the compiling doc.
> >>>
> >>>      Wayne
> >>>
> >>>      On 7/23/2018 8:40 AM, Adam Wolf wrote:
> >>>      > Agreed, Wayne. The macOS 5.0.0-1 build is uploading right now.
> >>> It is a
> >>>      > Release build.
> >>>      >
> >>>      > I have a small set of packaging tests I perform on releases
> >>> before
> >>>      > uploading them.  It *really* saved my bacon with the macOS
> >>> release,
> >>>      > and it sounds like it would have been helpful with the Windows
> >>>      > release.  What do we think about moving them, along with other
> >>>      > packager-oriented updates and directives, into its own
> >>> documentation
> >>>      > section?  This should help build package unity, and also help
> >>> clean up
> >>>      > the the 5.1 and later announcements.  (They won't need to have
> >>>      > packager-oriented updates, since that's all in a single
> >>> section in the
> >>>      > docs).  If it seems OK but no one else is excited about it, I
> >>>      > volunteer to coordinate this.  It goes along with another
> >>> V6-timeline
> >>>      > KiCad project of mine.
> >>>      >
> >>>      > Adam
> >>>      > On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 6:52 AM Wayne Stambaugh
> >>>      <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >>>      >>
> >>>      >> I would prefer that we create release builds
> >>>      (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release)
> >>>      >> for the stable releases.  Debug builds are fine for nightly
> >>> builds.
> >>>      >>
> >>>      >> On 7/23/2018 12:07 AM, Mark Roszko wrote:
> >>>      >>> Done.
> >>>      >>>
> >>>      >>> Wouldn't be bad if the wxAsserts were squashed :X
> >>>      >>> But then again some of them come from wx internally in annoying
> >>>      ways.
> >>>      >>> On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 12:03 AM Adam Wolf
> >>>      >>> <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>      <mailto:adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >>>      >>>>
> >>>      >>>> Ok, this sounds bad.
> >>>      >>>>
> >>>      >>>> Can someone (Marek?) pull the macOS build and revert the macOS
> >>>      download page, please?  I'm running extremely low on sleep from the
> >>>      last two nights of KiCad hacking and I am literally in bed already.
> >>>      >>>>
> >>>      >>>> I will regenerate the macOS build with Release instead in
> >>>      approximately 8 hours.
> >>>      >>>>
> >>>      >>>> Adam
> >>>      >>>>
> >>>      >>>> On Sun, Jul 22, 2018, 10:48 PM Mark Roszko
> >>>      <mark.roszko@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:mark.roszko@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >>>      >>>>>
> >>>      >>>>> Welp, I poked Nick. It looks like the stable-debug build got
> >>>      packaged
> >>>      >>>>> instead of the stable build config (I can reproduce the
> >>> asserts).
> >>>      >>>>> Though the executables are suspiciously not huge like they
> >>>      should be.
> >>>      >>>>> On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 11:30 PM Seth Hillbrand
> >>>      <seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >>>      >>>>>>
> >>>      >>>>>> No, It's because asserts are being triggered.  These are
> >>>      disabled (normally) in Release builds.
> >>>      >>>>>>
> >>>      >>>>>> -S
> >>>      >>>>>>
> >>>      >>>>>> Am So., 22. Juli 2018 um 20:28 Uhr schrieb Mark Roszko
> >>>      <mark.roszko@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:mark.roszko@xxxxxxxxx>>:
> >>>      >>>>>>>
> >>>      >>>>>>> Is it because the installer exe is huge?
> >>>      >>>>>>>
> >>>      >>>>>>> That's because the footprint libraries are now part of the
> >>>      installers
> >>>      >>>>>>> and they are absolutely massive. (4GB uncompressed)
> >>>      >>>>>>>
> >>>      >>>>>>> the installed files look fine to me though? The kiface
> >>> files
> >>>      would be
> >>>      >>>>>>> hundreds of megs themselves if they had debug symbols but
> >>>      they are at
> >>>      >>>>>>> "normal" levels.
> >>>      >>>>>>> On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 11:16 PM Seth Hillbrand
> >>>      <seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >>>      >>>>>>>>
> >>>      >>>>>>>> Hi Devs-
> >>>      >>>>>>>>
> >>>      >>>>>>>> I'm seeing some reports (lp:1783037) that indicate the
> >>>      Windows build may be compiled CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
> >>>      instead of Release.
> >>>      >>>>>>>>
> >>>      >>>>>>>> Can anyone confirm this?  Is there a reason to do this for
> >>>      Windows?
> >>>      >>>>>>>>
> >>>      >>>>>>>> -Seth
> >>>      >>>>>>>>
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> >>>      >>>>>
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