gEDA-user: Preliminary release of Install CD

[Stuart Brorson <sdb@xxxxxxxxxx>]

GEDA guys and gals,

I have produced an interim/preliminary gEDA Install CD with lots of
new stuff on it.  It does not have the latest/greatest gEDA/gaf from
CVS, but it *does* have the latest gnucap, pcb, Icarus Verilog,
gtkwave, and other packages. Also, it has been tested -- and seems to
work -- with SuSE-10.0 and FC 5.  (Therefore, I figure it should work
with eariler versions of these distros too.)

If you are willing to be a guinea pig, please download the CD here:

http://www.brorson.com/gEDA/

(bottom of page) and try it out.

I am *very* interested in hearing bug reports from folks trying it
out.  To use it successfully, you need a maximally configured distro.
That is, a distro with as many "-devel" packages installed as
possible.  The trend today is to remove header files, config
utilities, and so on from distros in favor of binary applications for
"e-mail and document processing for the end-user".  Stupid, yes, but
that's the reality. Anyway, please try to pick up as many "-devel"
packages as you can when you install your distro.

Then, when you try the CD, please let me know whether it succeeded or
failed for you.  I am particularly interested in reports like:

  "I installed on my FC5 box configured with both development and
  workstation options selected.  The install failed when building
  foo.  Please find my Install.log file attached."

I may ask you what packages you have/don't have installed on your
distro.  This kind of interaction helps me figure out what
dependencies are needed on the CD itself.

I will either ignore, flame, or challenge you to actually produce a
working CD (depending upon my mood) any comments like:

  "I think intalling from source is dumb, and users should use
  [apt-get, yum, whatever]  to handle dependencies."

My goal is to get as close to a major release as possible, in
anticipation of Ales's upcoming gEDA/gaf release.  Please give this
interim CD a trial, and provide me with constructive feedback.

Thanks, and happy designing!

Stuart


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