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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Nick!

On 3/23/19 7:47 AM, Nick Østergaard wrote:
> Ok, I can try that, but I am on vacation thus week, so I am not sure I
> will get arpund to it very soon.
> 
> lør. 23. mar. 2019 12.34 skrev Mitja Nemec <mitjan696-ubuntu@xxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:mitjan696-ubuntu@xxxxxxxxxxx>>:
> 
>     Hi Nick!
> 
>     As a python plugin writer, I am starting to get bug reports from
>     ubuntu 18.04 users, as with 5.1 supporting GTK3 they've finally
>     managed to run python plugins.
>     More than half a year ago, you've made a Kicad python3 windows
>     installer with WXPYTHON disabled. At that time this enabled me to
>     test the business logic of my plugins.
> 
>     I would really appreciate if you could make a 5.1 windows installer
>     with python3 support and WXPYTHON disabled. But if you are tight on
>     time, I can totally understand.
> 
>     Best regards, Mitja
> 
> 
>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     *From:* Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>>
>     *To:* thomas.pointhuber@xxxxxx <mailto:thomas.pointhuber@xxxxxx>
>     *Cc:* KiCad Developers <kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
>     *Sent:* Tuesday, 14 August 2018, 23:26
>     *Subject:* Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] get initial Python 3 support
> 
>     Hi Thomas,
> 
>     I am happy to see that we port to python3 for various reasons, that
>     should be obvious to everyone.
> 
>     I have been testing your branch a bit on windows, just to get an
>     overview of what changes might be needed. So far I think I made it
>     work as you have on linux.
> 
>     A lite installer is available on [link will disappear eventually]
>     http://downloads.kicad-pcb.org/windows/testing/patched/kicad-patched-88-review-8244-gef7a2fcc3-x86_64.exe
> 
>     The build is of course with wxpython disabled, as it is my
>     understanding that it does not support python3, and the next step is
>     to migrate to wx phoenix which should indeed support python3.
> 
>     I could start the python.exe inside the kicad/bin dir and import
>     pcbnew without errors.
> 
>     I did not try to run any standalone scripts.
> 
>     I did try a couple of footprint wizards in the footprint editor, and
>     some of them seemingly worked. But the BARCODE USS-39 errors. It looks
>     like it needs to be updated to py3k syntax.
> 
>     Regards
>     Nick Østergaard
>     Den lør. 4. aug. 2018 kl. 12.23 skrev Thomas Pointhuber
>     <thomas.pointhuber@xxxxxx <mailto:thomas.pointhuber@xxxxxx>>:
>     >
>     > Hi,
>     >
>     > I managed to get KiCad to run with Python 3 as well as did some quick
>     > verification that basic methods are working using CLI (loading boards,
>     > calling a method of it).
>     >
>     > Bugreport: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1785119
>     >
>     > My Branch: https://github.com/pointhi/kicad-source-mirror/tree/python3
>     >
>     > scripting inside of kicad was not tested because I'm not really
>     familiar
>     > with it right now, as well as because of known wx problems with
>     that stuff.
>     >
>     > For now it can be enabled using -DKICAD_SCRIPTING_PYTHON3=ON
>     > It is not possible to export modules for python 2 and python 3
>     with one
>     > build at the moment, but this should a thing which can be fixed in the
>     > build-script.
>     >
>     > I made some small changes to existing python code to get it working on
>     > both versions. To my knowledge and tests the scripts should not have
>     > changed behavior.
>     >
>     > Regards, Thomas
>     >
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