Thank you Rene! What else needs to be done so we can get the packages built?
On 8/23/2017 6:51 PM, Rene Pöschl wrote: > On 22/08/17 14:53, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >> Sorry about the delay but I was dealing with a family emergency all last >> week. Now that I'm getting caught up I really need to get stable >> version 4.0.7 released. Are there any outstanding issue remaining >> before I make the release announcement? I'm shooting for Friday or >> Saturday. >> >> On 8/17/2017 8:45 AM, Rene Pöschl wrote: >>> On 16/08/17 01:35, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >>>> AFAIK we intend to use the 4.0.6 tag for libraries, docs, and i18n. >>>> The >>>> libraries in particular have changed significantly and I think it's a >>>> bad idea to break users schematics on a point release. >>> Does the default setup of kicad use the github plugin to get up do date >>> footprints? >> Github. >> >>> If so this will create inconsistencies within the lib. (If the symbol >>> and 3d model libs are not updated as well) >> I hadn't thought about that but you are correct. Maybe it makes sense >> to tag the library repo where it stands right now. That being said, as >> the footprints and library repo change, they may (will) eventually get >> out of sync so this isn't an ideal solution. > > I created the 4.0.7 tag on all our libs. (Well 4 footprint libs do not > have tags yet because i do not have write access to these 4 libs. The > good news is that these are very new libs with only a handful of > footprints in them.) > >> >>> In particular there might be a problem if either a footprint has been >>> renamed. >>> (Footprint field or footprint filters of a symbol is now wrong.) >>> >>> Or if the scaling, offset or rotation of 3d models changed within a >>> footprints 3d model settings. >>> (We got a lot of new correctly scaled models since the 4.0.6 release) >>> >>> In my opinion it would be best if users can control when they receive >>> new libraries. >>> Each update should make sure that all 3 types of libraries are updated >>> at the same time. (to the same version) >> Unfortunately, we are not set up to handle this at the moment and I >> would not ask our package devs to fix this for the 4.0.7 release. It is >> certainly something worth considering for the 5 stable release. > I am aware of the fact that over time the libs will again get out of > sync. (I think everyone involved with the library is aware of this fact.) > The impact of our scaling changes will be reduced if users get an update > of the 3d lib. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
