[Kicad-developers] Can we merge a change to STEP export despite code freeze?

2021-04-10 Thread Cirilo Bernardo
I made a small change to the STEP exporter: https://gitlab.com/cbernardo/kicad The change implements the creation of STEP models based on IDF outlines. This makes it possible for users to specify simple extruded models for some parts and more complex STEP models where the size and form matter. Al

Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCAD 5.99/6 Python API status & time schedule

2021-04-10 Thread José Ignacio
I am an avid user of Jan's tools (KiKit mostly) and it has become increasingly difficult to keep them working with current v6 code as api calls keep getting removed or moved around. I know that having an open development process for the new API can be counter productive (bikeshedding and all) but i

[Kicad-developers] For those wondering about KiCad version 5.99.0 in Debian unstable...

2021-04-10 Thread Carsten Schoenert
it's not really a version 5.99.0. I made a mistake last week while preparing a current snapshot of all relevant KiCad parts and the kicad package was of course intended for uploading to the distribution experimental but was pushed into unstable/sid due stupidity of me. To fix this error I needed