Re: [kicad] Updating the build

2023-05-15 Thread Mark Visser
nager ecosystem. >> >> >> >> Given Kicad breaks user projects, scripts, and data with major upgrades, >> I have little sympathy for maintaining compatibility for distro >> maintainers. It’s their problem if they need to backport a modern cmake. >> >> >&

Re: [kicad] Updating the build

2023-03-20 Thread Ajith Narayanan
st in some liquor, but not > the top shelf stuff since you'll want a bunch. > > > > I’m in too deep already > > > > Nimish > > > > > > > > *From: *devlist@kicad.org on behalf of Mark Roszko < > mark.ros...@gmail.com> > *Date: *Su

Re: [kicad] Updating the build

2023-03-20 Thread Seth Hillbrand
On Sun, Mar 19, 2023 at 1:11 PM Nimish Telang wrote: > Hi, > > The current Kicad build cmake code is a man-made horror beyond my > comprehension. It's clearly been accreted over the years without a lot of > understanding of what cmake can do. Admittedly cmake itself is the cause of > most of the

Re: [kicad] Updating the build

2023-03-20 Thread Nimish Telang
to backport a modern cmake. · I'm just going to say you should invest in some liquor, but not the top shelf stuff since you'll want a bunch. I’m in too deep already Nimish From: devlist@kicad.org on behalf of Mark Roszko Date: Sunday, March 19, 2023 at 9:59 PM To:

Re: [kicad] Updating the build

2023-03-19 Thread Mark Roszko
> . There's a lot of zombie code being carried in the Kicad repo for unclear gain Welcome to the world of stuff that works and is low hanging fruit for a bunch of people doing this out of their personal free time. (Heck honestly at work, we wouldn't bother wasting our paid labor on "zombie code" t