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Re: 5.1.5 RC?

 

What was the command that could be added the the schematic to make
ngspice print the version info about itself in the output text shown
in the bottom of the simulator window?

On Fri, 30 Aug 2019 at 12:45, Jonatan Liljedahl <lijon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Thanks. I've updated with a comment on my launchpad report:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1841752
>
> Cheers
>
> On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 6:12 PM Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > If ngspice-30 is completely broken on macos, we may have no choice but
> > to fall back to ngspice-26.  The brings the bugs that have been fixed
> > since ngspice-26 back into play which is less than ideal but I don't see
> > a solution unless there is a new release of ngspice that resolves the
> > issues.  We should try to work with Holger to try to resolve the issues
> > so we can provide a solution as soon as it's available.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Wayne
> >
> > On 8/28/19 10:26 PM, Adam Wolf wrote:
> > > Jonathan, I hear you.  I rolled back to ngspice-26 for the 5.1.4
> > > release, and I think it probably makes sense to roll back to
> > > ngspice-26 for 5.1.5 as well.
> > >
> > > I am not really comfortable with the state of this situation.  We're
> > > running nightlies with 30, and release with 26, but how long until
> > > there's a bug caused by rolling back for stable releases that we never
> > > see since all the nightlies are on ngspice-30?
> > >
> > > Do I simply need to make another set of builds with ngspice-30 and a
> > > set with ngspice-26?  Is this fine? Maybe? Am I overthinking this?
> > >
> > > Wayne, dev team, packagers, everyone--what do you think?  I don't have
> > > any skin in the game here.
> > >
> > > Adam
> > >
> > > On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 1:21 PM Jonatan Liljedahl <lijon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> It would be great if you could roll back to ngspice-26 in 5.1.5, at
> > >> least for macOS, since it seems completely broken (can't simulate
> > >> op-amps, etc).
> > >>
> > >> Cheers
> > >> /Jonatan
> > >>
> > >> On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 1:58 PM Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> On 8/27/19 3:56 PM, Seth Hillbrand wrote:
> > >>>> Hi All-
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I know 5.1.4 is still in its infancy but I am hoping that we can plan
> > >>>> for a 5.1.5 during September (fixing at least 2 critical bugs).  We've
> > >>>> been a bit rocky with the point updates, so I'd like to propose a sequence:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> 1) Sometime around September 15: Tag 5.1.5-rc1 and announce string
> > >>>> freeze to give give translations a chance to update and tag 5.1.5
> > >>>> 2) At this point, we don't push anything to 5.1 unless it is fix for a
> > >>>> critical bug.  No other fixes until after 5.1.5.
> > >>>> 3) If there is a fix for a critical bug, we tag 5.1.5-rc2 after.
> > >>>> 4) 7 days after the last rc2 is tagged, we tag 5.1.5
> > >>>>
> > >>>> What do folks think about this scheme?  Maybe a way to avoid the 5.1.3
> > >>>> (and 5.1.1 and 5.0.1 before it) situation?
> > >>>>
> > >>>> -Seth
> > >>>
> > >>> Absolutely.  I was planning on this after the last debacle.  Hopefully
> > >>> the 5.1.5 release will go a bit more smoothly.
> > >>>
> > >>> Cheers,
> > >>>
> > >>> Wayne
> > >>>
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> > >> --
> > >> /Jonatan
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