On 11/3/2014 3:55 PM, Adam Wolf wrote: > Wayne, > > I think that package format is fine. If anyone comes out of the > woodwork volunteering to build an NSIS installer, great, but this seems > like a nice step forward.
Don't hold your breath on that one. I don't expect to see a NSIS kicad installer until the stable release. > > If we need to build on Windows, I can attach a Windows box to my Jenkins > cluster. I build it on windows first because I know it builds without any issues and it's probably the easiest to implement. Cross-compiling could be implemented later. > > Adam Wolf > Cofounder and Engineer, > W&L > > On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 2:43 PM, Wayne Stambaugh <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > On 11/3/2014 3:15 PM, Nick Østergaard wrote: > > 2014-11-03 20:21 GMT+01:00 Wayne Stambaugh <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>: > >> As soon as I get the time, I will add the libraries to the package and > >> update the windows build notes in the kicad source. I hope someone can > >> find the time to set up a automated msys2 package builder. It should > be > >> fairly straight forward. > > > > Can one crosscompile that from linux? > > > > Nick > > > > I would think so. I'm guessing that if you use ArchLinux that you could > even package the cross-compiled binaries. I know that kicad has been > cross compiled in the past on linux but I haven't tested it. Of course > you would have to cross compile all of the library dependencies which > could be more problematic as there are quite a few patches required to > build a mingw versions of Python and wxPython. You can see all of the > patches in the package file repo on github. > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > <mailto:[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

