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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:
>
> 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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