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Re: [PATCH] Set KiCad version in MacOS apps

 

I will review today.

Thanks for your help, Seppe!

On Tue, Jun 11, 2019, 10:11 AM Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Seppe,
>
> Your patch looks good to me.  Any MacOS devs care to comment?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Wayne
>
> On 6/11/19 10:46 AM, Seppe Stas wrote:
> > Hey Wayne
> >
> > I attached my patch (generated with `git format-patch --attach
> > origin/master`) to my last email as
> > per http://www.kicad-pcb.org/contribute/developers/#_submitting_patches.
> > I have a feeling Gmail might not like the mail headers in the patch.
> >
> > I created a new patch without the --attach option and added it to this
> > email (I am more used to this patch format and I believe it worked in
> > the past).
> >
> > Greetings
> > Seppe
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 4:27 PM Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx
> > <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >
> >     Seppe,
> >
> >     I don't understand why your emails keep ending up on the moderated
> list
> >     but something strange is going on.  I had to moderate this one as
> well.
> >      Please attach your patch (created using `git format-patch`) so it
> can
> >     be reviewed and commented on.
> >
> >     Cheers,
> >
> >     Wayne
> >
> >     On 6/11/19 10:17 AM, Seppe Stas wrote:
> >     > Hey
> >     >
> >     > I closed the merge request on Launchpad and re-attached the patch
> and
> >     > before and after screenshots (the after being built from a dirty
> >     master
> >     > branch) to this mail:
> >     >
> >     > Before:
> >     > [image: Screenshot 2019-06-05 at 22.46.43.png]
> >     > After:
> >     > [image: Screenshot 2019-06-05 at 22.46.54.png]
> >     >
> >     > As you can see, having this version information displayed in
> Spotlight
> >     > makes choosing the correct KiCad version a lot easier. It works
> >     for the
> >     > other apps (EEschema, PCBNew, ...) as well.
> >     >
> >     > Greetings
> >     > Seppe
> >     >
> >     > On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 2:50 PM Seth Hillbrand <seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >     <mailto:seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >     >
> >     >> Hi Seppe-
> >     >>
> >     >> I see this e-mail.  Perhaps it was a launchpad hiccup.
> >     >>
> >     >> I've added Adam to the code review at [1].  Would you mind
> re-sending
> >     >> the images to the list?
> >     >>
> >     >> Thanks-
> >     >> Seth
> >     >>
> >     >> [1]
> >     https://code.launchpad.net/~seppestas/kicad/+git/kicad/+merge/368644
> >     >>
> >     >> On 2019-06-11 05:23, Seppe Stas wrote:
> >     >>> Hey
> >     >>>
> >     >>> I'm not sure if this email got ignored or if it got rejected by
> some
> >     >>> mailing system, but it does not seem to show up in the mailing
> list
> >     >>> archive
> >     >>> <https://lists.launchpad.net/kicad-developers/date.html>.
> >     >>>
> >     >>> Maybe now it works?
> >     >>>
> >     >>> Seppe
> >     >>>
> >     >>> On Wed, Jun 5, 2019 at 10:55 PM Seppe Stas <seppestas@xxxxxxxxx
> >     <mailto:seppestas@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >     >>>
> >     >>>> Hey guys and girls (probably mostly Adam in particular)
> >     >>>>
> >     >>>> Attached is a patch that sets the version in all MacOS apps to
> the
> >     >>>> value
> >     >>>> of KICAD_VERSION, i.e the value of git describe. See commit
> message
> >     >>>> for
> >     >>>> more technical details. This version show up when e.g launching
> the
> >     >>>> app
> >     >>>> using spotlight, and during the migration period from KiCad 4
> >     to KiCad
> >     >>>> 5
> >     >>>> (that is still going on) I really miss(ed) this feature, since
> >     I have
> >     >>>> 3
> >     >>>> different versions of KiCad on my system (4, 5 and master).
> >     >>>>
> >     >>>> See attached screenshots:
> >     >>>> [image: Screenshot 2019-06-05 at 22.46.54.png]
> >     >>>> [image: Screenshot 2019-06-05 at 22.46.43.png]
> >     >>>>
> >     >>>> I tested this patch on both the latest master (6f8a0a4ee) and
> >     the 5.1
> >     >>>> branch (cd6da987c). I hope you consider adding it to a KiCad 5
> >     release
> >     >>>> so I
> >     >>>> can use it when KiCad 6 comes out. (I hope I finished migrating
> to
> >     >>>> KiCad 5
> >     >>>> by then).
> >     >>>>
> >     >>>> Note that in order to update this value, CMake has to be
> >     re-run, but I
> >     >>>> would not expect this to be a big problem since I assume the
> >     releases
> >     >>>> are
> >     >>>> always built from scratch.
> >     >>>>
> >     >>>> Greeting
> >     >>>> Seppe Stas
> >     >>>>
> >     >>>
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