… I wouldn’t bet that some program/package with various compile options has the same set of features activated on Debian, Arch, whatever other Linux distribution… At least, that’s my experience with some packages I used.
Regards, Bernhard > On 7. Dec 2017, at 17:59, kristoffer Ödmark <kristofferodmar...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I still think this is strange reasoning, so the version 5 will be built > differently on every system? I thought v5 should include the spice simulator? > > Are you saying there is no recommended way to deliver kicad? So when I send a > file to my friend on windows, he might not be able to do the same things as I > can on ubuntu, or on arch or whatever? > > I understand that there are optional dependencies, but basically having the > option to turn them off still seems better than having the option to turn > them on. At least when turning them off I will understand why they are not in > kicad. And a new developer might find this easier as well. > > Can we at least have an update to the build docs that reflects what is deemed > non-experimental or a line stating that everything should be turned on? > > - Kristoffer > > On 2017-12-07 16:53, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >> I hope users are no longer building kicad from source. We tried that >> already and it was a disaster. The build options should reflect the >> dependencies available on the platform it's being built on. Whether or >> not an optional feature is ready for release is not relevant. For >> example if ngspice was not built with the --with-libngspice option >> (which apparently on arch linux it is not), setting KICAD_SPICE=ON will >> fail during build config. It is up to the system package developer to >> determine if kicad should be built with spice support. >> >> On 12/6/2017 9:04 AM, Kristoffer Ödmark wrote: >>> Are we not in feature freeze, the features that I enabled by default is >>> from my understanding the ones that will be built into the official >>> ones. And yes, the people that are compiling a non-standard install >>> shuld be savvy enough to be change the compilation settings. That is why >>> i think the default build should reflect the ones being run by the less >>> savvy users. >>> >>> -Kristoffer >>> >>> On 12/06/2017 11:31 AM, Simon Richter wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> On 06.12.2017 11:12, Kristoffer Ödmark wrote: >>>> >>>>> I do not see why anyone is even objecting to this? Where is the logic at >>>>> having a default build that does not correspond to any of the official >>>>> packages?! >>>> That usually happens because the nightly builds enable all the >>>> experimental features to allow people to test them, but the default is >>>> still "disabled" because they introduce extra dependencies and make life >>>> difficult for people compiling from source. >>>> >>>> The default for new options needs to be decided before the release, I >>>> think, and "release" packages should go with that. >>>> >>>> Simon >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
