[Merge] lp:~saltmakrell/ubuntu/trusty/kicad/missing-modules into lp:ubuntu/trusty-proposed/kicad

[Ruben Undheim]

Ruben Undheim has proposed merging lp:~saltmakrell/ubuntu/trusty/kicad/missing-modules into lp:ubuntu/trusty-proposed/kicad.

Requested reviews:
  Ubuntu Development Team (ubuntu-dev)
Related bugs:
  Bug #1315149 in kicad (Ubuntu): "kicad is mostly unusable out of the box, help doesn't work, footprints are missing"
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kicad/+bug/1315149
  Bug #1338168 in kicad (Ubuntu): "Footprints missing in kicad making cvpcb unusable"
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kicad/+bug/1338168

For more details, see:
https://code.launchpad.net/~saltmakrell/ubuntu/trusty/kicad/missing-modules/+merge/225747

[Impact]
* Legacy modules (footprints) were removed in the 0.20131208+bzr4024-1 version of kicad. It was quite quickly reported (https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736180) that this was too early for cvpcb to behave nicely. Once you get to the "Run CvPcb" part, you get the expected File not found dialog, and then another dialog with

Some files could not be found!

sockets.mod
connect.mod
discret.mod
pin_array.mod
divers.mod
smd_capacitors.mod
smd_resistors.mod
smd_crystal&oscillator.mod
smd_dil.mod
smd_transistors.mod
libcms.mod
display.mod
led.mod
dip_sockets.mod
pga_sockets.mod
valves.mod

and if you then try to follow along with the tutorial, you can select exactly zero possible footprints for all the components.

* Another consequence of the bug is that it gets hard to open old designs.

* The fix should be backported to a stable release because a usable version of kicad is desirable for Ubuntu users.

* The fix just includes some of the mod-files again which were removed in the 0.20131208+bzr4024-1 version so that cvpcb stops complaining and the footprints become available.

[Test Case]
* Start kicad - click the cvpcb button - and the error dialog with "Some files could not be found!" and a list of missing files should be gone (after the fix)

[Regression Potential]
* It just includes some "data" files which were removed, so the regression potential is really irrelevant.
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https://code.launchpad.net/~saltmakrell/ubuntu/trusty/kicad/missing-modules/+merge/225747
Your team Ubuntu Development Team is requested to review the proposed merge of lp:~saltmakrell/ubuntu/trusty/kicad/missing-modules into lp:ubuntu/trusty-proposed/kicad.
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