Re: gEDA-user: PCB CVS checkout issues

2007-09-08 Thread Andy Fong
Ah... I thought it was a brand new checkout but I must have checked out a version long long time ago under my project directory. That's why I had the problem. I deleted that directory and checkout again. It worked. (I feel like an idiot) Andy On 9/8/07, DJ Delorie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >

gEDA-user: PCB CVS checkout issues

2007-09-08 Thread Andy Fong
I followed the instruction on the sourceforge page to check out the latest from CVS. After check out, a lot of files has unresolved conflicts and even modification not commited yet as shown by "cvs -n update". (I don't think this is even possible with CVS. Something must be seriously wrong.) Here

Re: gEDA-user: Marketing gEDA - was - Re: Professional PCB help using geda?

2007-09-06 Thread Andy Fong
I think for gEDA to be adopted as a commercial product, someone must setup a company to charge people thousands of dollar for a yearly support contract so they can call anytime and talk to someone quick in order to get things resolved. But you guys have been telling me for a 10 layer board with hi

Re: gEDA-user: Professional PCB help using geda?

2007-09-05 Thread Andy Fong
It's a chicken and egg problem. If there is no professional consulting for pcb work, people may not switch to geda at all. No one will start the consulting business if there is no demand. PCB layout is labor intensive work. So, you cannot really have a full time job and the consulting business at t

gEDA-user: Professional PCB help using geda?

2007-09-05 Thread Andy Fong
Just wonder if there is any professional PCB layout services out there that actually will use geda/pcb? I have some schematics and PCB layout (10 layers) created with one of the well known proprietary CAD software and from time to time, I will need some professional PCB designers to help change th