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    From Tomek CEDRO@tomek@cedro.info to muc.lists.freebsd.ports on Fri Apr 24 05:51:32 2026
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    Hello world :-)

    The KiCAD port has been updated to version 10.0.1 big thank you!

    Except there is a blocker bug in pcbnew that make it impossible to set
    track width as it crashes:

    https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/work_items/23708

    Many people reported this issue, including one from FreeeBSD, but the
    issue is closed without resolution o_O

    My question is would it be possible to create a separate package for
    older release of KiCAD in case of such situations so it would be
    possible to fallback to older release in case of current release is
    broken (which happens quite often)? I am aware and don't want to even
    mention that older version may not open newer design files lol.

    I have verified with cad/kicad-devel and the issue is still there..
    and I was supposed to start pcb cncing in a few hours o_O

    The only quick fix for this is to have older version in a separate package?

    Thanks :-)
    Tomek

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  • From Tomek CEDRO@tomek@cedro.info to muc.lists.freebsd.ports on Fri Apr 24 17:12:21 2026
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    So i found older KiCAD 9.0.8 package and it works but does not open
    kicad 10 files aaaaarrrghhh!

    Anyways it would be nice to have N-1 packages available just in case..
    this is not first time kicad has problems and these come from gnu
    toolkits.

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  • From mike new@mike@reifenberger.com to muc.lists.freebsd.ports on Sun Apr 26 18:29:43 2026
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    Hi,

    at least for the *-devel ports I do maintain, its not feasible to
    maintain several versions of a port just in case a newer version has bugs.

    If a newer version is released its up to the upstream vendor to provide
    the proper release management.

    The exception is sometimes if mayor incompatibilities affect depent
    ports like qt5/qt6, ffmpeg, ...


    Furthermore the *-devel ports are by definition bleeding edge...


    greetings

    ---

    Michael


    On 4/24/26 05:51, Tomek CEDRO wrote:
    Hello world :-)

    The KiCAD port has been updated to version 10.0.1 big thank you!

    Except there is a blocker bug in pcbnew that make it impossible to set
    track width as it crashes:

    https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/work_items/23708

    Many people reported this issue, including one from FreeeBSD, but the
    issue is closed without resolution o_O

    My question is would it be possible to create a separate package for
    older release of KiCAD in case of such situations so it would be
    possible to fallback to older release in case of current release is
    broken (which happens quite often)? I am aware and don't want to even
    mention that older version may not open newer design files lol.

    I have verified with cad/kicad-devel and the issue is still there..
    and I was supposed to start pcb cncing in a few hours o_O

    The only quick fix for this is to have older version in a separate package?

    Thanks :-)
    Tomek

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    <p><font size="2">Hi,</font></p>
    <p><font size="2">at least for the *-devel ports I do maintain, its
    not feasible to maintain several versions of a port just in case
    a newer version has bugs.</font></p>
    <p><font size="2">If a newer version is released its up to the
    upstream vendor to provide the proper release management.</font></p>
    <p><font size="2">The exception is sometimes if mayor
    incompatibilities affect depent ports like qt5/qt6, ffmpeg, ...</font></p>
    <p><font size="2"><br>
    </font></p>
    <p><font size="2">Furthermore the *-devel ports are by definition
    bleeding edge...</font></p>
    <p><font size="2"><br>
    </font></p>
    <p><font size="2">greetings</font></p>
    <p><font size="2">---</font></p>
    <p><font size="2">Michael</font></p>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/24/26 05:51, Tomek CEDRO wrote:<br>
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    <pre wrap="" class="moz-quote-pre">Hello world :-)

    The KiCAD port has been updated to version 10.0.1 big thank you!

    Except there is a blocker bug in pcbnew that make it impossible to set
    track width as it crashes:

    <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/work_items/23708">https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/work_items/23708</a>

    Many people reported this issue, including one from FreeeBSD, but the
    issue is closed without resolution o_O

    My question is would it be possible to create a separate package for
    older release of KiCAD in case of such situations so it would be
    possible to fallback to older release in case of current release is
    broken (which happens quite often)? I am aware and don't want to even
    mention that older version may not open newer design files lol.

    I have verified with cad/kicad-devel and the issue is still there..
    and I was supposed to start pcb cncing in a few hours o_O

    The only quick fix for this is to have older version in a separate package?

    Thanks :-)
    Tomek

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  • From Tomek CEDRO@tomek@cedro.info to muc.lists.freebsd.ports on Tue Apr 28 23:14:15 2026
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    Thank you Mike :-)
    In case of KiCAD additional problem is they constantly change file
    formats makes it self-incompatible by design.. just hope it will
    change one day :-(
    Good news is the fix showed up in the kicad master, just tried and fix
    works, 10.0.2 will be out soon :-)
    For the time we can bump kicad-devel to: https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/commit/f21aa0db5a34c847f8d654f8ff2b746895aecd90
    Thank you for this kicad-devel port, we can simply update commit and
    build and test, very convenient :-)
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    On Sun, Apr 26, 2026 at 4:30rC>PM mike new <mike@reifenberger.com> wrote:

    Hi,

    at least for the *-devel ports I do maintain, its not feasible to maintain several versions of a port just in case a newer version has bugs.

    If a newer version is released its up to the upstream vendor to provide the proper release management.

    The exception is sometimes if mayor incompatibilities affect depent ports like qt5/qt6, ffmpeg, ...


    Furthermore the *-devel ports are by definition bleeding edge...


    greetings

    ---

    Michael


    On 4/24/26 05:51, Tomek CEDRO wrote:

    Hello world :-)

    The KiCAD port has been updated to version 10.0.1 big thank you!

    Except there is a blocker bug in pcbnew that make it impossible to set
    track width as it crashes:

    https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/work_items/23708

    Many people reported this issue, including one from FreeeBSD, but the
    issue is closed without resolution o_O

    My question is would it be possible to create a separate package for
    older release of KiCAD in case of such situations so it would be
    possible to fallback to older release in case of current release is
    broken (which happens quite often)? I am aware and don't want to even
    mention that older version may not open newer design files lol.

    I have verified with cad/kicad-devel and the issue is still there..
    and I was supposed to start pcb cncing in a few hours o_O

    The only quick fix for this is to have older version in a separate package?

    Thanks :-)
    Tomek

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  • From Christoph Moench-Tegeder@cmt@burggraben.net to muc.lists.freebsd.ports on Wed Apr 29 22:48:21 2026
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    ## Tomek CEDRO (tomek@cedro.info):

    Good news is the fix showed up in the kicad master, just tried and fix
    works, 10.0.2 will be out soon :-)

    There you go. https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/commit/?id=fe60c877c868c9ce915d6aac09a88b891c1bce39

    Regards,
    Christoph
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  • From Tomek CEDRO@tomek@cedro.info to muc.lists.freebsd.ports on Wed Apr 29 22:56:20 2026
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    On Wed, Apr 29, 2026 at 8:48rC>PM Christoph Moench-Tegeder
    <cmt@burggraben.net> wrote:

    ## Tomek CEDRO (tomek@cedro.info):
    Good news is the fix showed up in the kicad master, just tried and fix works, 10.0.2 will be out soon :-)

    There you go. https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/commit/?id=fe60c877c868c9ce915d6aac09a88b891c1bce39

    Regards,
    Christoph

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    Thank you Christoph :-)
    I found a quick-fix for the issue, board design is ready, now I am
    fighting the pcb-cnc calibration.. what takes more time than the
    design itself :D
    10.0.2 milestone is set to 2026-05-01 and other people are reporting
    this issue so next release is imminent :-)
    Take care :-)
    Tomek
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  • From Tomek CEDRO@tomek@cedro.info to muc.lists.freebsd.ports on Tue May 5 21:06:46 2026
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    KiCAD 10.0.2 was released on 2026-05-02 :-)

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  • From Christoph Moench-Tegeder@cmt@burggraben.net to muc.lists.freebsd.ports on Tue May 5 21:31:41 2026
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    ## Tomek CEDRO (tomek@cedro.info):

    KiCAD 10.0.2 was released on 2026-05-02 :-)

    This is demonstrably not true.

    There is a RC1, tagged on May 1st https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/commit/895c0c3779c43e4c6b368d1596a735d25e27e108
    and announced on May 2nd https://www.kicad.org/blog/2026/05/KiCad-Version-10.0.2-Release-Candidate-1-Available/

    There is neither tag nor announcement for 10.0.2.
    There have been additional commits to to the 10.0 branch after the RC1
    tag, so it is safe to bet that the RC1 is not the final release for
    KiCad 10.0.2.

    Regards,
    Christoph
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  • From Tomek CEDRO@tomek@cedro.info to muc.lists.freebsd.ports on Tue May 5 22:37:58 2026
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    On Tue, May 5, 2026 at 7:31rC>PM Christoph Moench-Tegeder
    <cmt@burggraben.net> wrote:
    ## Tomek CEDRO (tomek@cedro.info):

    KiCAD 10.0.2 was released on 2026-05-02 :-)

    This is demonstrably not true.

    There is a RC1, tagged on May 1st https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/commit/895c0c3779c43e4c6b368d1596a735d25e27e108
    and announced on May 2nd https://www.kicad.org/blog/2026/05/KiCad-Version-10.0.2-Release-Candidate-1-Available/

    There is neither tag nor announcement for 10.0.2.
    There have been additional commits to to the 10.0 branch after the RC1
    tag, so it is safe to bet that the RC1 is not the final release for
    KiCad 10.0.2.

    Regards,
    Christoph
    My apologies!! 10.0.2-RC1, so close, but not a release yet! :-)
    I am just running (hopefully) last iteration on my board to the cnc..
    so my focus is on the tracks and vias right now.. I wish there was
    some better solution for home made vias but I found nothing better
    than Bungard :-)
    BIG THANK YOU FOR PERFECT PORT OF KiCAD on FreeBSD!! :-)
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