I see no reason to make ngspice 30 a strict minimum requirement. Lets just help packagers update to the latest ngspice and we are good.
tor. 13. jun. 2019 18.33 skrev Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com>: > On 6/10/19 4:01 PM, Carsten Schoenert wrote: > > Hello Wayne, > > > > Am 10.06.19 um 20:15 schrieb Wayne Stambaugh: > >> We cannot make ngspice 30 the minimum version. There are far too many > >> linux distros where 30 is not available yet. Please keep in mind, > >> Debian stable and the latest Ubuntu LTS version are the benchmarks for > >> dependency package versions. I'm fine with packaging macos and windows > >> with 30. > > > > current Debian stable (Stretch) has KiCad version 4.0.5+dfsg1-4 in the > > archive and no package libngspice0 at all (not even in non-free) so > > there is nothing to take care on here. > > > > The current Ubuntu LTS release 18.04 (Bionic Beaver) has KiCad version > > 4.0.7+dfsg1-1ubuntu2 and libngspice0 version 27-1. > > At least the KiCad version is long long outdated. So also not really > > relevant too. > > > > But all relevant current Debian releases are providing a recent KiCad > > version and also libngspice0 in version 30.2-1 (from unstable to > > stretch-backports). This is also available in all Downstream of Debian > > means also in Ubuntu >= 'Cosmic Cuttlefish' are providing KiCad > > 5.0.0+dfsg1-2, but also libngspice0 in version 27. Updates wont happen. > > > > But Jean-Samuel Reynaud is providing actual versions of KiCad and also > > the depending libngspice0 package and they even work in the always > > outdated Linux Mint distro. So for me your requirements you like to set > > are fulfilled. > > > > And normally the application is defining the requirements. Simulations > > seems to be for some users an critical option. So if the maintainers of > > ngspice hardly suggesting to use the most recent version of ngspice in > > recent KiCad version I would strongly consider to increase this build > > dependency. > > > > In the end it's up to the KiCad maintainers to define the requirements > > for KiCad. It was a long road to get ngspice into Debian main but in the > > end it happened, big thanks to Holger again btw! So Debian has no > > problem to provide KiCad with a depending libngspice0 library >= 30.2. > > > > Is this a problem for any of the other package devs? If not, I have no > issue with bumping the minimum version to 30. If this prevents any > other platforms from being built, then it will have to wait. > > Cheers, > > Wayne > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
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