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Re: [PATCH] Set KiCad version in MacOS apps
I did not test it, but reading over it, it looks great. Thanks!
Adam
On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 1:41 PM Adam Wolf <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> I will review today.
>
> Thanks for your help, Seppe!
>
> On Tue, Jun 11, 2019, 10:11 AM Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> 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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