Re: gEDA-user: fritzing-like gEDA? gEDA-like Fritzing?

[John Doty <jpd@xxxxxxxxx>]

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 <jpd@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: Re: gEDA-user: fritzing-like gEDA? gEDA-like Fritzing?
>> Fritzing-interface-to-gEDA?
>> To: gEDA user mailing list <geda-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>>
>> 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 <cjs94@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
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John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
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