If you search GitHub, Master seems to have frozen, but there is also a 5.1 branch, which is moving ahead. as you would expect.
What is not clear is what Windows Nightly 16th July is.
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Nightlies always come from the “master” branch.
There are RC3 binaries in the testing directory as well, final binaries will turn up in the stable directory when the release is done.
We currently don’t build binaries from the 5.1 branch. We probably could, but there is already an annoying level of duplication in the build system.
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A pity as a 5.1 preview is more immediately useful for near term fixes and improvements.
I would even suggest that V6 should drop 32 bit support. It would be interesting to know the ratio of 32 to 64 bit downloads now, but by the time V6 comes out Windows XP and Intel 32 bit Atoms will be a fading memory.
I just got my shiny new code signing key, so Windows installers are now signed by me. Hope that doesn’t create too much confusion.
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When can we expect official v5 packages (binaries, etc) to be release for Windows/Debian/Ubuntu etc.
Cheers
Chris
Till friday 12:00 CEST everything should be tagged. Then the packagers start their work. The packager will then need a few days to get everything ready. (Some of their task require quite some computation power/time)
More details see: https://lists.launchpad.net/kicad-developers/msg36623.html
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When Kicad v5 is released will be able have installed with nightly version?
Best regards
My advice right now is to just wait patiently. Nightly builds are not leading to 5.0.0 anymore, so the often repeated advice of using them is outdated. Packages and installers are ready when they are ready, there are no clear promises or estimates. But it shouldn’t be matter of weeks anymore, hopefully only days.
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sorry to not explain wright.
what i mean, was if i can have both versions installed at same time
There are some issues with configuration files and environment variables, and from what I have heard V4 and V5 do not live happily next to each other.
As an alternative I have a dual boot system. Linux Mint 17 with KiCad 4.0.7 and Debian Buster with KiCad V5.
Both distributions share the same /home partition, so finding files is not such an issue for me.
A few days ago I did an sudo apt-get dist-upgrade, and the KiCad version it installed on Buster is:
Application: kicad
Version: 5.0.0-rc3+dfsg1-2, release build
Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.0.4
libcurl/7.60.0 OpenSSL/1.1.0h zlib/1.2.11 libidn2/2.0.4 libpsl/0.20.2 (+libidn2/2.0.4) libssh2/1.8.0 nghttp2/1.32.0 librtmp/2.3
Platform: Linux 4.16.0-2-amd64 x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK
Build Info:
wxWidgets: 3.0.4 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8) GTK+ 2.24
Boost: 1.62.0
OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.9.1
Curl: 7.60.0
Compiler: GCC 7.3.0 with C++ ABI 1011
Build settings:
USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF
USE_WX_OVERLAY=OFF
KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=OFF
KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=ON
BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
KICAD_USE_OCE=ON
KICAD_USE_OCC=OFF
KICAD_SPICE=OFF
It’s possible, but how to do it depends on the system.
Very… couldn’t wait anymore.
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YAY! 
Seems the mac package will take a few days: https://lists.launchpad.net/kicad-developers/msg36730.html
I guess this might be to blame: https://lists.launchpad.net/kicad-developers/msg36713.html
5.0.0 reliably crashes for me on Windows 10
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https://forum.kicad.info/t/20jul18-v5-0-0-crash-in-3d-viewer/11617/10
The Error Window gets moved behind the KiCad Window. Minimize the KiCad Window and click “Cancel” on the Error Window; only needs to be done once per session from what I have observed.
ON EDIT: @davidsrsb ONLY the “Cancel” button ‘works’ on Windoze 7. You might want to alter your bug report with this information.
The Yes button works on Windows 10.
Can you add to my bug report for the Windows 7 case?