Re: gEDA-user: Re: How to maybe get your favorite misfeatures fixed (was: Re: PCB question)

2007-02-28 Thread David Kuehling
Stephen == Stephen Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We need to find a way to smooth this process. I suspect that there are a lot of users willing to pay a few hundred dollars to get a particular feature fixed/implemented, but the overhead of negotiating a typical consulting contract would

gEDA-user: library bug

2007-02-28 Thread The User
In recent pcb, the TQFN* packages found in geda library does not clear the polygons... IMHO. Levente ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: In pcb, can I select and change batches of lines, vias, and pads?

2007-02-28 Thread Craig Niederberger
Sorry for such a bone-headed question, but where is the documentation for the command line commands? TIA, Craig On 2/28/07, David Froseth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the pcb program, is there a way to select a batch of lines and then choose to make them .020 in width all at the same time? Is

gEDA-user: Re: google checkout buttons to implement SW development bounties

2007-02-28 Thread Stephen Williams
John Griessen wrote: Creating google checkout buttons is easy -- if you have no shipping costs, (as in FOSS added to project CVS or SVN repository), you could have a series of them for small project chunks, and they get paid as you go... Take for instance the $500 project. divide it into

Re: gEDA-user: Re: How to maybe get your favorite misfeatures fixed (was: Re: PCB question)

2007-02-28 Thread al davis
On Wednesday 28 February 2007 09:14, DJ Delorie wrote: We have http://www.gedaconsulting.com/ too, but it needs to be moved to a different server. What it really needs is for someone to put some real content there. ___ geda-user mailing list

Re: gEDA-user: Re: google checkout buttons to implement SW development bounties

2007-02-28 Thread al davis
Why all that overhead? The people who made the software have already established a track record. Anyone funding it will do so based on that. We don't need the middleman. They can just send a check. I can't see paying just anyone who comes along for enhancements to an active project. The

gEDA-user: Re: google checkout buttons to implement SW development bounties

2007-02-28 Thread Stephen Williams
al davis wrote: Why all that overhead? The people who made the software have already established a track record. Anyone funding it will do so based on that. We don't need the middleman. They can just send a check. An advantage of electronic payments is that they can be done

gEDA-user: Re: google checkout buttons to implement SW development bounties

2007-02-28 Thread Stephen Williams
John Griessen wrote: Stephen Williams wrote: al davis wrote: An advantage of electronic payments is that they can be done internationally with little fuss by credit card. I can't see paying just anyone who comes along for enhancements to an active project. Well, that's up to the client

gEDA-user: Is the OrCAD Library Active?

2007-02-28 Thread Arthur Baldwin
My company is interested in being able to take existing OrCAD schematics and PCB layouts and converting them into gEDA format(s). If there is someone working on this already, I'm all ears and ready to begin assisting them in the development process. Sincerely, Arthur Baldwin

Re: gEDA-user: Re: google checkout buttons to implement SW development bounties

2007-02-28 Thread al davis
On Wednesday 28 February 2007 18:20, John Griessen wrote: al davis wrote: I can't see paying just anyone who comes along for enhancements to an active project. Stephen Williams wrote: Well, that's up to the client to decide, isn't it? On Wednesday 28 February 2007 18:20, John

Re: gEDA-user: Is the OrCAD Library Active?

2007-02-28 Thread Patrick Doyle
On 2/28/07, Arthur Baldwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My company is interested in being able to take existing OrCAD schematics and PCB layouts and converting them into gEDA format(s). If there is someone working on this already, I'm all ears and ready to begin assisting them in the development

gEDA-user: scons

2007-02-28 Thread al davis
On 2/28/07, al davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The only place I see for broadcast bounties I see is to get something new.  I have been considering offering a bounty for someone to make a good quality replacement for autotools.  It's even on GNU's list of needs, but they want to do in in

gEDA-user: newbie question: single layered pcb board

2007-02-28 Thread Donato Azevedo
Hi everyone, I finished my first pcb layout and netlist, Now I need to auto route it but I need the routings to be on a single layer (solder layer) How do I make pcb route on a single layer? Thanks -- Donato Azevedo ___ geda-user mailing list

Re: gEDA-user: newbie question: single layered pcb board

2007-02-28 Thread Donato Azevedo
On 2/28/07, Ben Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 11:41:27PM -0300, Donato Azevedo wrote: Hi everyone, I finished my first pcb layout and netlist, Now I need to auto route it but I need the routings to be on a single layer (solder layer) How do I make pcb route on a

Re: gEDA-user: scons

2007-02-28 Thread Igor2
On Wed, 28 Feb 2007, al davis wrote: The problem (please correct me if I am wrong) is that it creates a dependency on guile. Someone needs guile to work on a program that doesn't use guile anywhere else. snip I looked at the web page .. It looks like the files are python scripts. ok ..

Re: gEDA-user: new boards!

2007-02-28 Thread DJ Delorie
DJ Delorie [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://www.delorie.com/house/furnace/pcb2/ I just finished populating the first board, which will be the debug board. The second one will end up in the furnace. Note that the furnace one will have the RJ45 jack transplanted to the bottom edge. The brass

gEDA-user: Re: new boards!

2007-02-28 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:13:31 -0500, DJ Delorie wrote: The brass stencil thing worked well enough. There were only four bridges on the whole board, and only one of those was on the 0.5mm pitch connector, all easily fixed. I'd call four unwanted bridges on a single board a major failure of fab

RE: gEDA-user: Is the OrCAD Library Active?

2007-02-28 Thread Bert Timmerman
Patrick, FWIW: Look for sarlacc_schem.c in the utils/src directory. I used this as a template for a HiWireII to gschem translator project (never completed and abandoned due to other priorities). Exerpt follows below. --8--- /* Orcad.c v 0.92 * Copyright 1999 Matthew Ettus * For more