I agree on that, they are very useful to keep people updated on kicad over ubuntu.
Miguel Angel Ajo http://www.nbee.es +34911407752 skype: ajoajoajo On 11/03/2013, at 02:44, Dick Hollenbeck <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mar 10, 2013 6:50 PM, "Adam Wolf" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Miguel, > > > > Wayne and Layne recently purchased a Mac Mini for Kicad builds. We have a > > spare Windows license too, so I can host a Windows and Linux VM on it as > > well. > > > > I can set this up on a Jenkins instance. I'm considering doing the same > > with the Linux builds. While I like the PPA autobuilder, the build > > environment isn't like what the devs use, so the PPA breaks on a regular > > basis--and then it's hard to see why, because my box isn't emulating the > > PPA environment exactly. This is currently the case with the cmake thing. > > > > I can even push my built packages back up to my PPA, so the transition > > could be seamless to end users. > > > > What do you guys think? > > The PPA concept is a familiar and trusted one in ubuntu circles, would not > want to lose that trust factor among new users of the daily testing builds. > > Note I said users. These binaries are for usage first, testing is a > secondary issue, which is in proportion to numbers of users actually using it. > > > > > Adam Wolf > > Wayne and Layne, LLC > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 7:43 PM, Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> This tuesday I must decide if I keep renewing our *ltium license, or if we > >> won't. > >> > >> I'm thinking about donating 1/2 - 2/3 of it's cost to buy one of those mac > >> minis to > >> provide continuous integration/building of kicad binaries for OSX on every > >> bzr release. > >> > >> It would be wonderful also if we managed to do same thing for Windows > >> users, I can > >> provide a windows VM for that somewhere, or try to setup a cross compiling > >> from linux > >> once all the python+mingw+wxython mess gets working (and Dick + Brian + > >> Wayne > >> are working hard on this). > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Miguel Angel Ajo > >> http://www.nbee.es > >> +34911407752 > >> skype: ajoajoajo > >> > >> On 11/03/2013, at 01:35, Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Awesome!!, thanks for testing Martijn, :-) > >>> > >>> I think I used cmake from homebrew: > >>> > >>> MacBook-Air-de-Miguel:src ajo$ which cmake > >>> /Users/ajo/.rvm/bin/cmake > >>> MacBook-Air-de-Miguel:src ajo$ ls -la `which cmake` > >>> lrwxr-xr-x 1 ajo staff 47 2 mar 00:24 /Users/ajo/.rvm/bin/cmake -> > >>> ../../.homebrew/Cellar/cmake/2.8.10.2/bin/cmake > >>> > >>> So we should document how to install brew, and cmake + wget + bzr + > >>> swig > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Miguel Angel Ajo > >>> http://www.nbee.es > >>> +34911407752 > >>> skype: ajoajoajo > >>> > >>> On 11/03/2013, at 01:29, Martijn Kuipers <[email protected]> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Congratulations Miguel! > >>>> > >>>> I just completed a build on a pristine Macbook Air. > >>>> > >>>> Some (minor) comments: > >>>> You need "wget", "bzr" and "swig". I installed all of these with > >>>> homebrew without any problems. And you need cmake (not from homebrew, > >>>> but cmake has native OSX version). > >>>> > >>>> Other prerequisites: > >>>> XCode and Xcode command line tools (obviously), which you can get from > >>>> Apple. > >>>> > >>>> Then be patient and just watch the screens scroll by, but the result is > >>>> really nice :-) > >>>> The entire directory needs about 2.5GB, The zipped Kicad is almost 100 > >>>> MB, which is around 350MB unpacked. > >>>> > >>>> Um abraço, > >>>> Martijn > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Mar 10, 2013, at 6:56 PM, Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo > >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>>>> I was always hoping to see the libraries ("DLLs") to go into > >>>>>>> /Library/Kicad, so we can keep the memory footprint down of the > >>>>>>> separate Kicad components. But it is not a trivial task, so it seems. > >>>>>>> I am not following what you want to do. Is it like: > >>>>>>> /Applications/kicad/kicad.app <- the app with the libs > >>>>>>> /Applications/kicad/libraries <- footprints, components, etc. > >>>>>>> /Applications/kicad/scripts <- python user scripts > >>>>>>> /Applications/kicad/doc <- documentation and demos > >>>>>>> ? > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Look to the patches/loader.sh on github, at this moment, all the > >>>>>> libraries *.dylib and files go inside kicad.app/Frameworks/ and the > >>>>>> other apps use them from there (../../../kicad.app/Frameworks) , wx > >>>>>> and python-site mainly. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Also there are the demos+modules+etc in kicad.app/Resources/ or > >>>>>> something like that that's what I was planning to pull out of > >>>>>> kicad.app again and yet leave it findable for all the apps. > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> https://github.com/mangelajo/KicadOSXBuilder/commit/c41f116620182d56c07aee75cd751fe1ba922f7f > >>>>> This is the change, I also re-uploaded > >>>>> kicad-scripting-osx-3992.zip > >>>>> > >>>>> :-) > >>>>> I think it's better like this, people can go into the data directory > >>>>> and change/fetch whatever they like :) > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> Kind regards, > >>>>>>> Martijn > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Miguel Angel Ajo > >>>>>>>> http://www.nbee.es > >>>>>>>> +34911407752 > >>>>>>>> skype: ajoajoajo > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> On 10/03/2013, at 11:18, Martijn Kuipers <[email protected]> > >>>>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Hi Miguel, > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Downloading as we speak. On the github page you call it a universal > >>>>>>>>> OSX binary, but that would mean it supports both PowerPC and Intel > >>>>>>>>> based MACS, whereas is this email announcement you call it i386 > >>>>>>>>> +x64 build. > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> I'm looking forward in compiling it myself, just to see if your > >>>>>>>>> solution is "portable". > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Thanks also to your wife ;-) > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> /Martijn > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> On Mar 10, 2013, at 2:19 AM, Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo > >>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> Hi, > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> I've been working on the release of Kicad with scripting for > >>>>>>>>>> MacOSX, also tried to package it all together with > >>>>>>>>>> all kicad libs, and the templates. > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> It's supposed to be a i386 + x64 binary build, with scripting > >>>>>>>>>> support. > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> kicad-scripting-osx-latest.zip > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> It has all the new kicad templates system and libraries inside > >>>>>>>>>> kicad.app, and it's supposed to be accessible from all the other > >>>>>>>>>> apps. > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> I'm not sure if it will only work in 10.8, or may be 10.5-10.8, > >>>>>>>>>> (it has a dependency to system's python2.7). > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> If there is any adventurous out there, please try, and tell me how > >>>>>>>>>> does it work (or doesn't). > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> PS: > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> The codename for the release is "wife", as my wife has been > >>>>>>>>>> taking care all saturday of our little "Margarita", so she's a > >>>>>>>>>> time donor to kicad now too ;) > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> My build & packaging script is temporarily here, for just in case > >>>>>>>>>> anyone wants to compile himself.. > >>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/mangelajo/KicadOSXBuilder > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> Cheers!! ;) > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> Miguel Angel Ajo > >>>>>>>>>> http://www.nbee.es > >>>>>>>>>> +34911407752 > >>>>>>>>>> skype: ajoajoajo > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> Miguel Angel Ajo > >>>>>>>>>> http://www.nbee.es > >>>>>>>>>> +34911407752 > >>>>>>>>>> skype: ajoajoajo > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>>>>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >>>>>>>>>> Post to : [email protected] > >>>>>>>>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >>>>>>>>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >> Post to : [email protected] > >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > Post to : [email protected] > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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