[snip] I agree with Ales -- a Windows port would open the floodgates to hords of whining clueless fools. Why should we subject ourselves to that? Supporting the clueful users (and there are quite a few) is already a big job which we do exclusively for fun. Better to keep the barrier to entry a little high since it's not fun to support the clueless -- particularly without any compensation.
As you put it here, gEDA project must accessible to a handful of software developers only. Maybe I am wrong to suspect the main audience for this tool must be on the hardware developing side. You're being funny to name anyone else clueless fools. Adrian -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stuart Brorson Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 10:06 AM To: gEDA user mailing list Subject: RE: gEDA-user: strange build failure On Tue, 5 Dec 2006, Adrian Nania wrote: > 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. Actually, it compiles and installs easily, as many have found. If you had a different experience, that's too bad. If you have a constructive suggestion to make, or have an install issue to raise, we'd like to hear about it -- politely. If you're just feeling cranky, well, go kick your dog and don't post to geda-user. We're not interested in your rants, and they make you look bad to boot. Remember, this list is archived, so from now on people Googling you will find your strange rant. > 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. Please remember that gEDA is an open-source project, and is the creation of volunteers who offer this software to the wider world for free. The developers only work on gEDA for fun. If you want a windows port, you have the following options: 1. Try doing it yourself. 2. If you can't figure it out for yourself, ask *nicely* on the list, and maybe somebody will do it for you if it looks like fun. 3. If that fails, you can pay an open-source developer to do it for you. Otherwise, you're SOL. The developers of gEDA owe you nothing, and if they don't want to devote their time to a Windows port, you're on your own. Anyway, its very presumptious of you to think that we will just jump to it and create cost-free software for you because you asked. > 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. I agree with Ales -- a Windows port would open the floodgates to hords of whining clueless fools. Why should we subject ourselves to that? Supporting the clueful users (and there are quite a few) is already a big job which we do exclusively for fun. Better to keep the barrier to entry a little high since it's not fun to support the clueless -- particularly without any compensation. Stuart _______________________________________________ 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
