On May 10, 2009, at 11:16 AM, KURT PETERS wrote: > > Criminy... I have to admit, I couldn't even get the (1.5) source to > compile in Linux Kubuntu recently... so if people are saying > it's easy > for those "not in the know" to work on gEDA source code, they're > just > delusional. Of course, I am now going to try to use git and > compile > that way since I was NEVER able to get the source on the release > web > page to compile -- hoping those instructions are slightly clearer.
Doesn't Kubuntu have 1.4 as a package? Ubuntu Jaunty certainly does, I've been using it on my new netbook. Why struggle? 1.5 is a development version: you should expect to need more expertise to get past the rough edges. > Kurt >> Message: 1 >> Date: Sat, 9 May 2009 14:16:49 -0600 >> From: John Doty <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: gEDA-user: fritzing-like gEDA? gEDA-like Fritzing? >> Fritzing-interface-to-gEDA? >> To: gEDA user mailing list <[email protected]> >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed >> >> >> On May 9, 2009, at 1:00 PM, Chris Smith wrote: >> >>> John Doty wrote: >>>> >>>> There are lots of GUI languages. But the critical thing is > defining >>>> the project. For that, there's only one candidate: "make". > There's >>>> nothing else that can deal with the declarations, rules, and >>>> procedures needed to put together a project using heterogeneous >>>> tools. >>> >>> Make was an excellent system in its day, but is now quite old and >>> clunky >>> in comparison to some of its more contemporary competitors. >> >> Make is ubiquitous and widely known. We should leverage that >> knowledge. The complexity of our project management problems in EDA >> is not so great, and make fits them well. >> >>> Scons, for >>> example, is a much better 'make' tool. >> >> Never heard of it. Never needed it to build anything. But a system >> without make is crippled. >> >>> >>> Chris >>> -- >>> Chris Smith <[email protected]> > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user John Doty Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd. http://www.noqsi.com/ [email protected] _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
