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Subject: [geda-user] [pcb-rnd] Debian support: available in sid now
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Hi all,

thanks to Dima Kogan, pcb-rnd is now in Debian sid:

https://packages.debian.org/sid/pcb-rnd

It's version 1.1.4, which is 1.1.3 plus a few bugfixes. It has almost all 
the new features (as the upcoming 1.2.0 will be mostly a 
cleanup/refactoring release with only a few new features).

A short list of some of the most important new features pcb-rnd in 
sid has compared to the pcb-gtk package:

- advanced search using a query expression and/or a wizard

- property editor dialog (select objects, ctrl+e)

- kicad compatibility (save as, load; footprint import/export)

- more shared code in gsch2pcb-rnd and import schematics, optionally 
easier process with gsch2pcb-rnd (load net and new elements at once)

- the new config system with system/user/project/design level settings, 
priorities and generally much more control over the configuration settings

- optional project file concept that provides configuration that 
both pcb-rnd and gsch2pcb-rnd understand; a project file can change any 
setting, not just gsch2pcb-rnd-related ones; it is intended to be shared 
with the schematics editor later on (gschem is less likely to follow, so 
it's probably for cschem)

- parametric footprints and the cleaned up footprint lib

- gedasymbols.org integration in the library search window

- unlimited number of routing styles, routing styles can be deleted using 
the GUI

- optional new native file format: lihata board

- more exporters, including svg, specctra-dsn and ipc-356-D

- more importer: specctra-dsn

- more feature plugins: teardrops, polystitch, polycombine, 
distribute/align objects

- optionally indicate shorts with the minimal-cut algorithm, instead of 
highlighting random pins/pads

- cycle drag (select which object to drag when clicked on e.g. a shared 
endpoint of multiple lines)

- Robert Drehmel's on-point patch

- back annotation (although there is no support for this in the official 
gschem distribution, only in a gschem fork)

...and more


The package for 1.1.4 is not modular yet, it's a monolithic executable 
with all features and the GTK HID compiled in, much like the pcb-gtk 
package. Hopefully we can get plugins into separate packages later.


Testing and constructive feedback are welcome.

Regards,

Igor2