Re: gEDA-dev: which pcb HID(s) to include in Debian

[Hamish Moffatt <hamish-at-NOSPAMdebian_dot_org>]

On Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 04:27:28PM +0100, Tomaz Solc wrote:
> Hi
> 
> > I understand from recent discussions that pcb's lesstif GUI is better
> > maintained than the GTK+ one. Right now Debian has the GTK+ one only,
> > because that is configure's default.
> 
> I would suggest having packages for both.
> 
> > Should we switch to the lesstif GUI? Or provide packages for both? We
> > could install them as pcb-gtk and pcb-lesstif, and allow the admin to
> > select which one runs as /usr/bin/pcb.
> 
> The best way would be to use Debian's "alternative" system to choose 
> which hid will run as /usr/bin/pcb. I also think GTK hid should have 
> higher priority than lesstif since it's probably more friendly to new 
> users. Advanced users can always override that later.

OK I've just implemented this and uploaded the packages. It'll take a
few days (or weeks) before it's in the archive due to the new package
structure.

There's now four packages;
pcb: just an empty package which depends on the GTK or LessTif HIDs,
with the GTK one being the default.

pcb-gtk, pcb-lesstif: contains the relevant HID.
pcb-common: contains the shared files.

/usr/bin/pcb is managed through the Debian alternatives system. If the
lesstif package is installed, it will be /usr/bin/pcb because it's
assumed you specifically wanted that version.


Hamish
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Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <hamish@debian.org> <hamish@cloud.net.au>


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