Hi Matt > Going by the current blockages due to the GCC5 transition, even if you > had it packaged now, it wouldn't be available! > > Thanks for letting us know that you hope to start work on it soon. Let > us know if there is testing or other things we could do to help.
It looks like the blockages mostly affect the old release that is still in Debian jessie (and sid), as they rely on an ancient Boost version with a serious lack of C++11/GCC5 compatibility. The latest KiCAD releases use Boost 1.54 internally, but work perfectly well if built against the Boost 1.58 that is the default in stretch.
