You know what it would be nice for KiCad to release? Binaries.<p>I've gotten into several discussions with KiCad users, but it always comes down to me saying "This is marketed as cross-platform, how do I install it on Mac OS?" "Oh I don't know, I just apt-get it."<p>Well, great. I'm glad EAGLE's got some competition on the Linux side, but seriously, how do I install KiCad on the Mac? The Mac link on the KiCad site, which you would assume would take you to a binary, instead drops you on a github project for a build script that hasn't been updated in six months. This is the point at which my electrical engineer friends give up. The script requires you to manually install a bunch of dependancies, and upload an SSH key to Launchpad.<p>Ok, well, can I use Homebrew? No, KiCad doesn't release stable versions either, and brew won't accept HEAD-only recipes or whatever they call them.<p>So, I'm a little at a loss. I'm an actual EE, and I love the /idea/ of KiCad, and I'd love to actually try it, but it seems like you need to be a software engineer just to install this electrical engineering tool. This makes the barrier to entry unacceptably high, and I think works against what they're aiming for. KiCad already has a terrible reputation - every conversation I have about it with KiCad users is along the line of "It's much better now," "It doesn't crash nearly as much," "CERN has a guy working on it full time!" I think they're really shooting themselves in the foot here by not even releasing stable versions. Anyone know what's up with the project?