[Qucs-devel] Qusc 0.0.19 snapshot

[Guilherme B. T. <gui...@gm...>]

Hello qucs-devel,

I invite you to check out the latest Qucs 0.0.19 development snapshot.

1) Source tarball:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/qucs/files/qucs/0.0.19-snapshots/qucs-0.0.19-160204-git-83cc216.tar.gz

The latest build instructions can be found at: 
https://github.com/Qucs/qucs/blob/master/README.md

On Windows, perhaps the easiest way is to use MSYS2. Sorry, there is no 
further documentation at the moment.
The AppVeyor script gives a good idea on how to proceed: 
https://github.com/Qucs/qucs/blob/master/.appveyor.yml

2) Binaries for Windows 64bit:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/qucs/files/qucs-binary/0.0.19-snapshots/qucs-0.0.19-160204-git-83cc216-win64.zip
http://sourceforge.net/projects/qucs/files/qucs-binary/0.0.19-snapshots/qucs-0.0.19-160204-git-83cc216-win64.exe

The zip file is an attempt to have a portable version of the package. I 
already spotted some issues (qucshelp, qucslib), I will report later.
The exe is a Windows installer. Note that *only* things related to the 
project are contained in this package. IMHO we should not be bundling 
optional packages into our installer.

Status of external packages:
  - ASCO: there is no binary package, I will build one.
  - ADMS: there is no binary package, I will build one.
  - freeHDL, can be found in [1]
  - icarus verilog: can be found in [2]
  - Octave: can be found in [3]
  - The C++ compiler previously used with freeHDL, ADMS/Verilog-A 
builder can be found in [4].
    There might be issues related to compiler mismatch. I guess we need 
a mingw-w64-x86_64 version. Need to investigate.


3) Binaries for Mac OSX:
I have them build, but there is an issue I am trying to sort out. I hope 
to have it uploaded soon.


4) Binaries for Linux:
Frans, can you please have a look if there are any blocking issues 
related to your Ubuntu PPA?


4) Testing
This version of Qucs seems quite safe. If you don't want to test on your 
own work here is a suggestion.
Download a copy of qucs-test [5] and set the "File > Application 
Settings > Locations > Qucs Home" to qucs-test/testsuite/
Restart Qucs and there should be several projects ready to be run and 
experimented with.


5) Issues
Please send them by email to the qucs-devel, or better yet, file them as 
issues in our tracker [6].


6) Changes/News
I am working on it. For the moment you can check out the 0.0.19 
milestone in the issue tracker [7].


7) Release date
As soon as I get positive feedback or after sorting out critical issues.


Please send your feedback.

Best regards,
Guilherme

[1] 
http://sourceforge.net/projects/qucs/files/freehdl/freehdl-0.0.8-1-setup.exe
[2] http://bleyer.org/icarus/
[3] https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/download.html
[4] 
http://sourceforge.net/projects/qucs/files/extra/mingw-w64-i686-4.8.2-release-posix-dwarf-rt_v3-rev3-setup.exe
[5] https://github.com/Qucs/qucs-test/archive/master.zip
[6] https://github.com/Qucs/qucs/issues
[7] https://github.com/Qucs/qucs/milestones/0.0.19