Re: gEDA-dev: Gschem and Cairo graphics library

[Evan Lavelle <eml-geda-at-NOSPAMcyconix_dot_com>]

Peter TB Brett wrote:

> The fact it might make you CD not work quite as well doesn't really bother me 
> hugely, I'm afraid.  Personally, I think it's a flawed concept.  The target 
> audience for the CD (x86 Linux users who don't know how to build software by 
> themselves) 

Let's rephrase that: the target audience for the CD may just as well be 
working engineers, like myself, who either (a) have no interest whatever 
in building software from source, or (b) don't want to or aren't allowed 
to mess with their systems because they already run many $10K's of 
"professional" software; or (c) are simply curious and want to get a 
demo running without entering into dependency hell; or (d) all of the 
above. And, if you're not targeting these people, who on earth are you 
targeting? gEDA's dead in the water if you're only interested in Linux 
hobbyists.

would be much better served by a klik package
> <http://klik.atekon.de/>.  Firstly, they're likely to be using 
> a 'newbie-friendly' distro such as (K)Ubuntu, Freespire/Linspire, SUSE, 
> Knoppix or FC5, most of which are well-supported by klik.  

Working hardware engineers won't be running most of this stuff. They'll 
be running RHEL, or possibly SUSE.

I think Stuart's doing a great job. The CD may or may not be right (I 
don't use it myself), but I do think it's the one thing that could move 
gEDA closer to the mainstream.

Evan


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