+1 ons. 23. okt. 2019 15.28 skrev Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com>:
> One thing we don't specify on the system requirements page on the KiCad > website is whether or not this applies to the current stable release or > the nightly builds. Since we don't specify this, I can see how users > would assume that it's all versions of KiCad. Perhaps we should note > that this is only applicable to the current stable version and that > nightly builds may not support older Linux distributions due to the > availability of dependency library versions. I don't think it's > reasonable to expect the latest development version of KiCad to continue > to support legacy Linux distros. The current LTS release of Ubuntu is > 18.04 which supports boost version 1.65. I think attempting to support > nightly builds on Ubuntu 16.04 is going to continue cause headaches as > time goes on. If no one objects, I will update the system requirements > page accordingly. > > Cheers, > > Wayne > > On 10/23/2019 1:39 AM, Eeli Kaikkonen wrote: > > It should also be noted that 20.04 will be the next LTS release of > > Ubuntu. This means that there will be two post-16.04 LTS releases out > > there before KiCad 6 will be released (I'm not *that* optimistic :) ). > > Is it really worth it to actively support 3 different LTS releases? It > > doesn't sound very realistic. How many users would actually be affected > > if KiCad 6 wouldn't be available for 16.04? 1000s? 100s? 10? And if they > > continue with 16.04 until 2021, why would they need to switch to KiCad 6 > > before that? > > > > Eeli Kaikkonen > > > > ke 23. lokak. 2019 klo 3.05 Seth Hillbrand (s...@kipro-pcb.com > > <mailto:s...@kipro-pcb.com>) kirjoitti: > > > > On 2019-10-22 16:06, Ian McInerney wrote: > > > >> I dug into the website history and apparently the original intent > >> should have been to support 16.04 LTS until its standard support > >> ends in 2021 > >> ( > https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-website/commit/007fb582a316fa513778a393e2696d17c0031cea#r33487782 > ). > >> Since we haven't actually used any code from the newer Boost > >> version (that we weren't already using), we should probably back > >> out the change and also update the website with the correct Ubuntu > >> LTS support date. It looks like that will make it so we can't > >> update to 1.59 until 2021 then. > >> > > > > Hi Ian- > > > > I did write that. In retrospect, I'm not sure that the sentiment is > > correct. One of the things we are attempting to do is focus our > > primary efforts where they will have the largest impact for our > > users. Toward that end, we were attempting (in the post KiCon > > meeting) to define where that cut off should be. We kind of > > arbitrary picked "vendor supported" as it seemed reasonable. > > > > I now think we should tighten that a bit more for the Linux > > distributions. Under MSW/Mac, we compile or have rolling updates > > for most of our own dependencies. This allows us to ensure system > > compatibility but not worry about library compatibility. The Linux > > library system is different and holds back updates. > > > > So, why would we want to update the boost libraries and what does it > > gain us? The original bump was to allow unit tests. During v6, I > > would also like to utilize the UUID library from 1.60 as many of the > > feature we plan will require GUID at least. > > > > This doesn't preclude using KiCad on 16.04. It just requires > > someone to package a boost ppa. There are a few out there that > > could be used as baselines for this. > > > > -Seth > > > > > > KiCad Services Corporation KiCad Services Corporation Logo > > Seth Hillbrand > > *Lead Developer* > > +1-530-302-5483 <tel:+12126039372> > > Davis, CA > > www.kipro-pcb.com <http://www.kipro-pcb.com/> i...@kipro-pcb.com > > <mailto:i...@kipro-pcb.com> > > https://twitter.com/KiProEDA <https://twitter.com/KiProEDA> > > https://www.linkedin.com/company/kicad > > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/kicad> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > > <mailto: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 >
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