[Kicad-developers] Linux Packagers: Resource File Updates

2019-11-28 Thread Ian McInerney
Linux Packagers, I would like to change the way we generate the kicad.appdata.xml file to have it be generated by CMake and include the version string inside of it (that way the version will appear in the app stores and other places that reference this). I don't think this will cause any issues, b

Re: [Kicad-developers] Linux Packagers: Resource File Updates

2019-11-28 Thread Steven A. Falco
We make use of KICAD_VERSION_EXTRA for Fedora builds. I don't see a problem as long as that variable remains available. Steve On 11/28/19 11:53 AM, Ian McInerney wrote: > Linux Packagers, > > I would like to change the way we generate the kicad.appdata.xml file to have > it be generat

Re: [Kicad-developers] Linux Packagers: Resource File Updates

2019-11-28 Thread Carsten Schoenert
Hello Ian, On 28.11.19 17:53, Ian McInerney wrote: > I would like to change the way we generate the kicad.appdata.xml file to > have it be generated by CMake and include the version string inside of > it (that way the version will appear in the app stores and other places > that reference this). I

Re: [Kicad-developers] Linux Packagers: Resource File Updates

2019-11-29 Thread Ian McInerney
Thanks for the feedback. Steve, I won't be changing anything about how the version information is generated, only adding a tag to the appdata file to contain the full version (this will be the same as the version that gets displayed in the help window, so it contains the distro-specific extra vers

Re: [Kicad-developers] Linux Packagers: Resource File Updates

2019-11-29 Thread Nick Østergaard
I have not seen any packaging scripts depend on it, if it does I think it is fair for the package to be updated, but isn't it alreade handled by the make install step? fre. 29. nov. 2019 12.59 skrev Ian McInerney : > Thanks for the feedback. > > Steve, I won't be changing anything about how the v

Re: [Kicad-developers] Linux Packagers: Resource File Updates

2019-11-29 Thread Carsten Schoenert
Am 29.11.19 um 13:01 schrieb Nick Østergaard: > I have not seen any packaging scripts depend on it, if it does I think it > is fair for the package to be updated, but isn't it alreade handled by the > make install step? That's correct, so far I know all distros build the package and install the da

Re: [Kicad-developers] Linux Packagers: Resource File Updates

2019-11-29 Thread Carsten Schoenert
Hi Ian, Am 29.11.19 um 12:16 schrieb Ian McInerney: > Carsten, thanks for pointing those changes out. I will update the file > with them as well. Redoing the screenshots is also on my todo list > (since they still show a v4 release currently). Do you know what the > guidelines are for sizing of th

Re: [Kicad-developers] Linux Packagers: Resource File Updates

2019-11-30 Thread Stefan Brüns
On Freitag, 29. November 2019 12:16:41 CET Ian McInerney wrote: > > Carsten, thanks for pointing those changes out. I will update the file with > them as well. Redoing the screenshots is also on my todo list (since they > still show a v4 release currently). Do you know what the guidelines are for