Guys -- I just grabbed the latest gEDA/gaf out of CVS and tried to build it. My build failed with this error:
/usr/local/src/geda/gaf/gschem/src/x_autonumber.c:1082: undefined reference to `gtk_combo_box_get_active_text' I am glad to see that so much work has been done in gEDA/gaf. It's wonderful that gEDA has such a large number of passionate and devoted developers! However, one of the ground rules for modifying gEDA/gaf is that we are sticking to stuff reliant upon GTK-2.4 and below. However, gtk_combo_box_get_active_text was introduced in GTK-2.6: http://developer.gimp.org/api/2.0/gtk/GtkComboBox.html#gtk-combo-box-get-active-text Therefore, we are at a crossroads. Either: * The person who included this fcn could please replace it with something GTK-2.4 compliant or * We decide to allow GTK-2.6 (or above) funcs into gEDA/gaf. This involves a large discussion with all developers followed by an executive decision from Ales. Personally, I'd prefer we just stick with GTK-2.4 for now. That means that this fcn call be replaced with something GTK-2.4 compliant. FWIW, one of my main boxen is a FC1 box with an upgraded GTK (2.4.4). Yes, it's old, but lots of geda-users are running on seriously old equipment. Hardware designers just want a platform which works, and don't want to spend their time fooling around with upgrading to the latest Linux this or that. Therefore, they (like me) tend to keep runing on older boxen which already have everything installed and running. Sensitivity to this reality is important to maintain in order that gEDA continue its ongoing acceptance by non hardcore Linux geeks. I hope this e-mail triggers some code changes. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to overcome this obstacle. Thanks for listening to my rant. Cheers, Stuart _______________________________________________ geda-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-dev
