Re: gEDA-user: PCB a bad name ?

[Dan McMahill <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Stuart Brorson wrote:
> > > In fact all modern distributions use good package management systems and
> > > there is no excuse for not using one of those distros.
> >
> >
> > But it is possible dat gEDA/pcb isn't present in some distributions. 
> > What I
> > was trying to say is that IMHO the responsibility to provide good 
> > packages is
> > the task of the distribution.
> >
> > I don't know other distributions very well, but in Debian it is 
> > possible to
> > use reportbug and fill in a RFP (request for package). Maybe this is also
> > possible in other distributions?
>
>
>
> Ummmm, the entire gEDA suite is now available as RPM packages in
> Fedora Extras, available for FC3, 4, 5.  See here :
>
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/describecomponents.cgi?product=Fedora%20Extras 
>
>
> There are also RPMs for SuSE, available here (thanks, Werner!):
>
> http://software.opensuse.org/download/home:/werner2101/

and don't forget NetBSD's pkgsrc which is also the official packaging 
system for DragonFly BSD and pkgsrc also works on linux, solaris, irix, 
darwin, etc.

ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc/cad/geda/README.html
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc/cad/pcb/README.html
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc/cad/gnucap/README.html

-Dan



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