On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 12:36:18PM -0800, Larry Doolittle wrote: > Here's what I want, and indeed have already, call it option 0: > > apt-get install geda > > In fact, I have that now. The reasons to do anything else are: > 1. You don't use Debian or Ubuntu, in which case you have a > similar command based on rpm/yum/package-manager-of-the-month.
[..] > The only discussion left is back where we started: the developers > need to negotiate with the package maintainers what library > versions are reasonable to require. If nothing else, there > should be a wiki table around listing what versions of gEDA > are available on what operating systems, and the library versions > are part of that equation. On a related note, I supply official Debian packages of the latest gEDA, but only targetted for Debian unstable (which then filters through to testing). I don't provide any packages for sarge (3.1, stable). I'm not sure what sarge users are doing for newer gEDA.. Nobody has asked me to supply packages. I expect that it's pretty easy to recompile the 20050820 packages against sarge right now, although as etch/unstable evolves during this year it will become more difficult. So my two bits worth on the library versions issue; 1. If compiling gaf from source, why not also gtk+? 2. If Stuart is providing pre-built binaries for his installation CD, why not also gtk+? It could even be a private installation along with libgeda, in /opt/gEDA or something. 3. Why would you expect to be able to upgrade gEDA without upgrading any other part of the system? cheers Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
