I do believe for more than 98% of people working with electronic components it is not possible to install and use the latest gEDA version. The endless compiling errors and flavor dependencies are unbelievable. Yeah, we can always google around and after many hard working weeks have an installation method working for just a few days before some "justified" changes in name or settings.
On the other hand, many times we do not have access to a Linux box. Windows is unfortunately or not the single available desktop in many places. Now, I do not believe Windows users are jerks. Usually they are forced to use Windows. It is quite normal to end up with many "jerks" when you open your product to a few thousands more people. Just ignore them because for each jerk speaking to you are 1.000 good people on your side. Adrian -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ales Hvezda Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 5:23 PM To: gEDA user mailing list Subject: Re: gEDA-user: strange build failure Hi, [snip] >It is possible for some good Samaritan to compile for windows and make >available all the updated gEDA packages? > I've had the "make the Windows port available" discussion many many times (both virtually and in person). Just this last week I was talking to another OSS developer (for a totally different program and *significantly* (100x to 1000x) larger user base) and he stated that the moment they released a Windows binary: the whining, the complaining, cluelessness, and general jerk behavior increased *a lot*. Right now I am absolutely thrilled with the quality of the users and discussions on the mailing lists and I have no intention of crashing a good thing. -Ales _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
