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Re: [PATCH] Set KiCad version in MacOS apps

 

Awesome, thanks.

Could you release it for KiCAD 5 so I can use it for the upcoming KiCAD 5
to 6 migration?

Seppe

On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 at 13:43, Seth Hillbrand <seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Seppe-
>
> I gave it a quick run and looks good.  I pushed your patch with the
> addition of @KICAD_VERSION_FULL@ to the CFBundleVersion extended version
> string.
>
> Thank you for your contribution to KiCad!
> -Seth
>
> On 2019-06-11 21:50, Adam Wolf wrote:
> > 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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