[kicad] 7.0.9 stable release

2023-10-29 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
We will be releasing 7.0.9 on Tuesday, October 31st barring any show stoppers. Cheers, Wayne -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "KiCad Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to

Re: [kicad] Evolution of CERN’s support to KiCad

2023-09-29 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
Hi Javier, As the KiCad project leader and as a developer who was with the project when CERN initially made it's decision to support KiCad, I would like to extend my sincerest thanks to all of the help that CERN has provided.  From handling donations to paying for developer time, CERN has

[kicad] Stable version 7.0.9 released.

2023-11-08 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
The stable version 7.0.9 of KiCad has been released. More information about this release can be found in the release announcement[1]. Thank you to everyone who made this release possible. Cheers, Wayne [1]: https://www.kicad.org/blog/2023/11/KiCad-7.0.9-Release/ -- You received this

Re: [kicad] Stable version 6.0.7 released.

2022-07-28 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
126 is beyound the 6.0.7 release point I guess. This is the version string that CMake writes out: Writing /home/niki/Sync/Kicad/Software/kicad-6.0-build_Release/kicad_build_version.h file with version: (6.0.6-126-g39dd51490d) Best regards Niki On Wed, 2022-07-27 at 15:43 -0400, Wayne Stambaugh

Re: [kicad] Stable version 6.0.7 released.

2022-07-28 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
t. It may be a setting in GitLab. When I have some time to look at it I will. I'm not terribly thrilled with the current solution but it resolved most of our issues so we could get 6.0.7 released. Niki On Thu, 2022-07-28 at 07:55 -0400, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: Hi Nikki, Unfortunately

[kicad] Stable version 6.0.7 released.

2022-07-27 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
Version 6.0.7 of KiCad has officially been released[1]. Thank you everyone for your efforts in making this release possible. Cheers, Wayne [1]: https://www.kicad.org/blog/2022/07/KiCad-6.0.7-Release/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "KiCad

[kicad] Version 7 feature freeze near

2022-09-02 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
Just a quick heads up to everyone working on version 7 of KiCad, the feature freeze is scheduled for the end of the month (September 30th). If you have any new feature development in progress, it must be pushed to the main repo by then or it will have to wait until after the stable release. I

[kicad] 6.0.9 stable release

2022-10-21 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
We are planning on tagging all of the repos for stable release 6.0.9 on Saturday, October 29th and the release announcement on October 31st. If you have commits that need cherry-picked from master or any other changes, now is the time. Thank you everyone for your contributions to the KiCad

[kicad] Stable release 6.0.8

2022-09-19 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
We now have a pretty good number of bug fixes in the stable branch so it's time to start thinking about the next stable release. I plan on tagging 6.0.8 on Tuesday, September 27th and making the release announcement on Thursday the 29th. Please let me know if anyone has any issues with this

[kicad] Version 7 feature freeze

2022-10-05 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
Sorry for the late announcement but as of October 1st, we were officially in feature freeze for version 7. That means no new features can be pushed to the development branch of KiCad. Any merge requests that contain new features will be deferred until the version 8 development window opens

[kicad] New lead developer team member

2022-10-03 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
I am happy to announce that Aleksandr Shvartzkop (das-t on GitLab) has agreed to accept an invitation to the KiCad lead development team. Aleksandr has been contributing some nice optimization improvements and other improvements to KiCad for some time and the lead development team decided it

Re: [kicad] wxWidgets 3.2.0 for Fedora

2022-08-09 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
Hi Steve, On 8/9/2022 2:37 PM, Steven A. Falco wrote: For those who don't follow the Fedora development list, i.e. most everyone :-), I've attached two emails related to wxWidgets and wxPython.  It looks like we will soon have wxWidgets/wxPython 3.2.0 in Rawhide. This change won't apply to

Re: [kicad] wxWidgets 3.2.0 for Fedora

2022-08-09 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
On 8/9/2022 3:13 PM, Steven A. Falco wrote: On 8/9/22 03:08 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: Hi Steve, On 8/9/2022 2:37 PM, Steven A. Falco wrote: For those who don't follow the Fedora development list, i.e. most everyone :-), I've attached two emails related to wxWidgets and wxPython.  It looks

Re: [kicad] wxWidgets 3.2.0 for Fedora

2022-08-09 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
On 8/9/22 7:27 PM, Steven A. Falco wrote: On 8/9/22 06:42 PM, 'Ian McInerney' via KiCad Developers wrote: On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 8:50 PM Wayne Stambaugh <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com>> wrote:     On 8/9/2022 3:13 PM, Steven A. Falco wrote: > On 8/9/22 03:08 PM, Wayne Sta

[kicad] Stable version 6.0.9 released

2022-10-31 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
The latest stable version of KiCad has been release. You should upgrade to get the latest bug fixes. For more information about this release, please see the blog post on the KiCad website[1]. Thank you to everyone who made this release possible. Cheers, Wayne [1]:

[kicad] 6.0.10 stable release

2022-12-12 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
The 6.0.10 stable release of KiCad is planned for Monday, December 19th. If you have any last minute changes to get into any of the repos, now is the time. I plan on tagging the 6.0 branch on Saturday to allow time for our builders to complete and upload to the KiCad download sites. Cheers,

Re: [kicad] 6.0.10 stable release

2022-12-13 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
On 12/13/22 9:25 AM, Steven A. Falco wrote: On 12/12/22 07:19 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: The 6.0.10 stable release of KiCad is planned for Monday, December 19th.  If you have any last minute changes to get into any of the repos, now is the time.  I plan on tagging the 6.0 branch on Saturday

[kicad] Version 7 string freeze

2022-11-29 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
The version 7 string freeze will begin December 7th which means the last day to submit string changes is December 6th. I know the original date was December 1st but we still have too many string changes to get committed. After the freeze, only spelling errors, gross grammatical errors, and

[kicad] New library team lead developer

2022-11-17 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
I am happy to announce that Carsten Presser is our new library team lead developer. During our discussions at CERN, he agreed to take over the lead library developer role which has been doing for some time now. Please join me in congratulating Carsten on his new "official" role. Cheers,

Re: [kicad] Backdrill support in KiCad

2023-01-16 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
Hi Prasad, We are planning on implementing pad stacks during version 8 development. We currently are not planning back drill support for the initial pad stack implementation but it's certainly something we would like to implement. That being said, pad stacks will require massive internal

[kicad] Version 6.0.11 release

2023-01-26 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
The latest and hopefully last stable release of the 6.0 branch has been release[1]. Thank you to everyone who made the this release possible. Hopefully everything goes well and 7.0.0 will be release on January 31st. Cheers, Wayne [1]: https://www.kicad.org/blog/2023/01/KiCad-6.0.11-Release/

Re: [kicad] Re: More higher layer support

2023-03-01 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
1 Mar 2023 at 02:56, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: Hi Liang, I would be surprised if the this was all the files that needed to be updated in order to add more copper layers. Without actually seeing your changes, it's impossible for me to know for sure.  I don't see any DRC source fi

Re: [kicad] Re: More higher layer support

2023-02-28 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
KiCAD. Could you please kindly check if those files are enough? image.png Sincerely Liang On Fri, 24 Feb 2023 at 00:45, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: Hi Liang, The LSET object is merely where it's possible to add new layers but doing so will not be helpful and possibly harmful if yo

Re: [kicad] Re: More higher layer support

2023-02-23 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
Hi Liang, The LSET object is merely where it's possible to add new layers but doing so will not be helpful and possibly harmful if you don't understand how layers work internally.  Virtually every object on boards and footprints has to understand what the layers mean in order for them to

Re: [kicad] About 7.0.2 release

2023-04-17 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
Hello Chistoph, I apologize for not announcing the 7.0.2 release was pending a few weeks ago like I normally do. It just fell through the cracks this time. I will try to be more mindful in the future for making sure folks who are not on the Zulip developer list are kept in the loop of new

Re: [kicad] Re: Proposal for adding EDA support to KiCAD.

2023-04-24 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
I am the KiCad lead developer but the final decision for adding a feature of this magnitude would require buy in from the lead development team. If you interested in contributing to KiCad, we can discuss how to move forward. I suspect that integrating chip design features into KiCad will be

Re: [kicad] Re: Proposal for adding EDA support to KiCAD.

2023-04-22 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
Hi Sagar, There is definitely interest in including chip design capability in KiCad, when that happens really depends on a lot of factors. I'm not familiar with the code listed below, but a good start to getting a feature like this into KiCad would be to ensure all of the code in the list

Re: [kicad] KiCon 2023

2023-03-27 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
We also have lots of opportunities for sponsorships, booths and community projects. If you would like to speak at KiCon, now is your opportunity to submit a talk proposal <https://kicon.kicad.org>.  Expect to see talks by Wayne Stambaugh and the KiCad lead development team as well as a

Re: [kicad] ERC behaviour in shared SCH_SCREENs

2023-02-07 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
James, In order to do this correctly, you will have to use SCH_SHEET_PATH objects using the complete schematic hierarchy to differentiate ERC issues in shared SCH_SCREEN objects. I'm not sure this is really that important to fix. When an ERC issue is fixed in a SCH_SCREEN object, it gets

Re: [kicad] ERC behaviour in shared SCH_SCREENs

2023-02-09 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
2023 at 1:55 PM Wayne Stambaugh <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com>> wrote: James, In order to do this correctly, you will have to use SCH_SHEET_PATH objects using the complete schematic hierarchy to differentiate ERC issues in shared SCH_SCREEN objects.  I'm not sure this is

[kicad] 7.0.0 stable release update

2023-01-31 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
Unfortunately it looks like we are going to miss our planned 7.0.0 release date of January 31st. Packaging wxPython for our Ubuntu PPA is proving more difficult than expected. As soon as we have this issue resolved, we intent to release one week later. Hopefully we will get this issue

[kicad] Version 7.0.0 released.

2023-02-12 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
The latest major version of KiCad has been released. The website should be updated shortly and most of the major platform packages are already available for download. Thank you to everyone who contributed to version 7 of KiCad. Enjoy, Wayne -- You received this message because you are

[kicad] New Lead Developer

2023-02-14 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
The KiCad project is excited to announce that Fabien Corona has accepted an invitation to become the latest member of the KiCad lead development team. Please join me in welcoming Fabien to the team. Cheers, Wayne -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[kicad] Stable release 7.0.6

2023-07-05 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
The 7.0 branch has been tagged for 7.0.6. The plan is to announce the release tomorrow. Getting 7.0.6 out was a bit of a challenge. Hopefully 7.0.7 will go smoothly. Thank you to everyone who contributed to releasing 7.0.6. Cheers, Wayne -- You received this message because you are

Re: [kicad] Stable release 7.0.6

2023-07-05 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
Hi Marco On 7/5/23 12:33 PM, Marco Ciampa wrote: On Wed, Jul 05, 2023 at 11:52:36AM -0400, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: The 7.0 branch has been tagged for 7.0.6. The plan is to announce the release tomorrow. Getting 7.0.6 out was a bit of a challenge. Hopefully 7.0.7 will go smoothly. Thank you

Re: [kicad] DXF Plots and dxflib

2023-06-06 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
Hi John, You may want to consider creating a DXFLIB_PLOTTER object along with the logic to use it rather than risking breaking the existing DXF_PLOTTER.  I don't know that anyone on the development team has any experience with using dxflib to write to DXF.  Once the DXFLIB_PLOTTER object is

[kicad] Stable release 7.0.4.

2023-05-21 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
Due to an unexpected critical bug in the 7.0.3 packages, there will be no official 7.0.3 release. We will be releasing 7.0.4 on Tuesday, May 23rd barring anything unexpected. Cheers, Wayne -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "KiCad Developers"

[kicad] 7.0.5 released

2023-05-28 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
This latest bug fix version of KiCad has been released[1]. Due to some unfortunate regressions, 7.0.3 and 7.0.4 had to be pulled. Thank you to everyone who made this release possible. Cheers, Wayne [1]: https://www.kicad.org/blog/2023/05/KiCad-7.0.5-Release/ -- You received this message

Re: [kicad] Stable release 7.0.7

2023-08-04 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
-7.0-nightly) I only see: 7.0.6-rc3-2-testing~172+202307051204~9d5f85634c~ubuntu22.04.1 Which seems to be quite old. Any ideas? Regards, SET On 2/8/23 08:21, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: We are planning to release version 7.0.7 on August 15th.  This means that we will tag the repos on the 13th

Re: [kicad] Stable release 7.0.7

2023-08-08 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
(https://launchpad.net/~kicad/+archive/ubuntu/kicad-7.0-nightly) I only see: 7.0.6-rc3-2-testing~172+202307051204~9d5f85634c~ubuntu22.04.1 Which seems to be quite old. Any ideas? Regards, SET On 2/8/23 08:21, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > We are planning to release

[kicad] Stable release 7.0.7

2023-08-02 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
We are planning to release version 7.0.7 on August 15th. This means that we will tag the repos on the 13th. If you have any remaining tasks to complete for the next bug fix release, please have them done by this date or they will have to wait until 7.0.8. Thank you for your cooperation.

[kicad] 7.0.3 stable release update

2023-05-14 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
Unfortunately, it 7.0.3 is not going to be officially released. A serious bug was found in the PNS router in the release packages so we are going to push a 7.0.4 release after some additional testing to make sure the issue is fixed. Sorry for the inconvenience. Cheers, Wayne -- You

[kicad] Stable release 7.0.3

2023-05-09 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
This is a friendly reminder that we are planning on releasing 7.0.3 on May 14th barring anything unexpected. If you have any issues with this date, please let me know so we can adjust accordingly. Cheers, Wayne -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: [kicad] Restrictions for hidden features

2024-02-20 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
Hi Jan, The feature and string freeze policy applies to features hidden behind and advanced configuration settings.  Developer only features (such as the PNS router developer tools) and unit tests are exempt from the freeze policy. Cheers, Wayne On 2/20/24 5:41 AM, Jan Wichmann wrote:

[kicad] Version 8 string freeze.

2023-12-16 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
The development branch of KiCad is officially in string freeze as we prepare for the release of 8.0.0. Please do not make any string changes except for spelling and grammar errors so we can give our translators adequate time before we release. Thank you for your cooperation. Kind Regards,

[kicad] Stable releases

2024-02-23 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
If you are not aware, 7.0.11 was release yesterday. This will most likely be the last 7.0 branch bug fix release. We will continue to back port fixes to this branch if they are trivial to back port so users who continue to run the 7.0 branch will be able to run testing builds. Stable

Re: [kicad] Reusable hierarchical sheets and simulations

2024-05-01 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
Hello Mariusz, On 5/1/24 9:42 AM, Mariusz Plucinski wrote: Hi all, I'm new here, and to KiCad in general. Trying to come up with a workflow that'd suit me best, I encountered some limitations. So here I am, looking for advices on how to lift them, and how to convert my ideas into

[kicad] New lead development team member

2024-05-03 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
I am please to announce that James Jackson has accepted an invitation to become a member of the KiCad lead development team. For those of you who are not aware, James recently contributed the schematic rule area feature which will be released in version 9 of KiCad. Welcome to the team James.

Re: [kicad] Altium Importer REPORTER for logging

2024-05-04 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
Until we have a more elegant solution such as Jon's info bar suggestion, we could do something similar for libraries by using an option in the library table entry. On 5/4/24 10:30 AM, 'Seth Hillbrand' via KiCad Developers wrote: For importing boards, we could 1) Add a checkbox at the bottom

Re: [kicad] Reusable hierarchical sheets and simulations

2024-05-02 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
Hi Mariusz, On 5/2/24 1:50 PM, Mariusz Plucinski wrote: Hi, Am 01.05.24 um 20:50 schrieb Wayne Stambaugh: Hello Mariusz, On 5/1/24 9:42 AM, Mariusz Plucinski wrote: Hi all, I'm new here, and to KiCad in general. Trying to come up with a workflow that'd suit me best, I encountered some

[kicad] KiCad version 8.0.1 released

2024-03-15 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
The KiCad project is proud to announce the latest version 8 bug fix release. See the blog post[1] on the KiCad website for more information about this release. Thank you to everyone who made this release possible. Wayne [1]: https://www.kicad.org/blog/2024/03/KiCad-8.0.1-Release/ -- You

[kicad] Stable version 8.0.3 released

2024-06-04 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
The KiCad project is proud to announce the latest version 8 bug fix release. See the blog post[1] on the KiCad website for more information about this release. Thank you to everyone who made this release possible. Cheers, Wayne [1]: https://www.kicad.org/blog/2024/06/KiCad-8.0.3-Release/