Dick, As it happens very often, I agree with all your points. I am glad I could contribute on this. I let some days pass and delete the one on the kicad-pcb website and instead put the link to yours.
Cheers Fabrizio On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 3:37 PM, Dick Hollenbeck <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10/18/2013 06:53 AM, Fabrizio Tappero wrote: >> Dear Dick, >> I see that you have included kicad-install.sh in the script folder. >> Great. Mind that I have done some tests and I had to make some >> modifications (included yum too). Would that be possible to update the >> one that you put in the script folder with the kicad-install.sh from >> here: >> http://www.kicad-pcb.org/download/attachments/4685872/kicad-installer.zip >> >> Also, how do I keep them synchronized? Shall I just put a link in the >> kicad-pcb.org page point at the launchpad? > > Yours does not install fp-lib-table. I just updated mine to incorporate some > concepts > from yours :) > > I have people using this script now, people I am paying, so their time is my > money, and I > plan on maintaining it, and will try and receive patches that don't break it > in good faith. > > I have serious doubts that the packages for YUM systems are all named the > same as APT-GET > systems, so I think our install_prerequisites will need some further tuning > on red had > (i.e. yum) systems. > > > >> >> Regards >> Fabrizio >> >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 10:11 AM, Fabrizio Tappero >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hello, >>> I updated the script according to Dick's suggestion and added some >>> modifications in it for "yum" people so that we are now a bigger >>> family. I also uploaded it to the web: >>> http://www.kicad-pcb.org/display/KICAD/Download >>> >>> just a question, Dick, why don't we like "sudo apt-get build-dep >>> kicad"? you removed it. Shouldn't be better to have it there? just in >>> case in the future we add some libs, some apt-get guy detect it but we >>> do not update this script accordingly. >>> >>> Dick, thanks for the "make package" thing. I think it is great ! I >>> have done some googleing and noticed that for instance slackware Linux >>> does maintain a "recent" version (03/2013) of KiCad: >>> http://slackbuilds.org/result/?search=kicad&sv=14.0 >>> >>> Debian people do it too but it is 1.5 years old. I contacted the >>> maintainer but mail bounced back. >>> >>> There is also and unofficial Debian/Ubuntu apt-get repo that looks >>> very official and that we could use: >>> http://www.apt-get.org/ >>> >>> The question is kind of philosophical, who should maintain packages >>> and distribute open-source software? the developers of the software or >>> the guys doing Linux distros? >>> >>> Well guys, I think lots of progress on this subject has been made >>> since two weeks ago, I think cmake is the way to make .deb. I think >>> the script on the web is great for the people who want to compile. We >>> just need an additional step adding Adam's server in the equation? >>> >>> Adam, I'll have a look at Karl's stuff and contribute to the cmake but >>> first I'd like to fix all this .desktop files and especially this >>> icons issue. It seems to me that there is a little bit of a mess >>> there. >>> >>> Regards >>> Fabrizio >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 9:13 PM, Adam Wolf >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> There have been some discussion in Debian land about changing how they >>>> package Python-y stuff, that will make a world of difference for me. It >>>> looks like it's going through, so there's light at the end of that tunnel >>>> too. >>>> >>>> Adam Wolf >>>> W&L >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 2:10 PM, Dick Hollenbeck <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> CMake now builds a primitive *.deb file on Ubuntu/Mint/Debian. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> $ make package >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> It has no dependencies, so it about like using checkinstall. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Dick >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>>> Post to : [email protected] >>>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>> Post to : [email protected] >>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>> >> > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
