[Pkg-electronics-devel] Bug#926577: eeschema: assert failed with more than one instance of hierarchical sheet

[Carsten Schoenert]

Hi,

On Sun, Apr 07, 2019 at 11:45:50AM +0200, Cobra wrote:
 
> When I try to create more than one instance of a hierarchical sheet,
> an assert fails. After hitting "continue", the same error appears again
> and again. I gave up after 10 repetitions and hit stop to kill kicad,
> losing any unsaved content.
> This happens when creating a new hierarchical sheet and linking it to an
> existing one by entering the same file name but also when duplicating an
> existing sheet.
> It seems like this bug has been fixed upstream in 5.1.0, see
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1798930
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1800796

the KiCad version 5.1.0 is currently only available in unstable.
I've asked the release team for an unblock of that version so it could
migrate to testing then. Please see #926004. As this is a big change to
the previous version in testing I can't overview if this unblock will
happen even I don't expect any big or small issues on this update.

https://bugs.debian.org/926004

Given your report is created against the version of KiCad in
stretch-backports there not much I can do right now. First version 5.1.0
need to be in testing before I can work on a new updated version for
stretch-backports.

As upstream has started again talking about the next update of KiCad to
5.1.1 I'm not much motivated currently to work in between times an a
backport version of KiCad for stretch which wouldn't made into backports.

But maybe I change my mind on this. :)

Regards
Carsten