The ones on github (except for mine) are even older. gerbv is basically abandoned and it's too bad because gerbv is often the default gerber viewer for people.
Can this be fixed? Is there a way to open up the development of gerbv to more developers so that the project and keep moving forward? Eyal On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 4:40 AM Valerio Messina via Gerbv-devel < gerbv-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Without a doubt gerbv is the best gerber viewer, although it lacks > updates on recent features like gerber X2 and support for milling files, > and is too rarely updated. > Unfortunately the last commit is almost 2 years ago, see: > http://git.geda-project.org/gerbv/ > Probably the few developers have little time to follow the project and > it is a real sin. > Sending patches via sourceforce is now inadequate, these days github > facilitates the integration of "non-developer" user contributions > through pull requests and code review > > Valerio > > > Il 06/01/21 alle 00:34, Eyal Soha ha scritto: > > I have looked at the version on sourceforge and it is very old. The > > last commit was nearly a year ago though bugs continue to be filed. I > > have sent a few patches and none have been accepted. > > > > I have my own copy on github that addresses some of the issues. > > > > Is this project abandoned? > > > > Eyal > > > > On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 4:54 AM Valerio Messina via Gerbv-devel > > <gerbv-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > <mailto:gerbv-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>> wrote: > > > > I'm not a developer, but I regularly generate binaries for Linux and > > Windows for by colleagues fronm git sources. Sometime this require > > little patching. > > > > Gerbv developers moved to git (but not github) and seems still on > > Sourceforge > > > > Valerio > > > -- > Valerio > > > _______________________________________________ > Gerbv-devel mailing list > Gerbv-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gerbv-devel >
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