Re: gEDA-dev: Gschem and Cairo graphics library

[al davis <ad106-at-NOSPAMfreeelectron_dot_net>]

On Monday 31 July 2006 06:02, Bob Paddock wrote:
> I "think" Windows is all I'm allowed to use at work.  Like it
> or not any EDA tool must run 
> on Windows,

I will say it again.....

People developing free software try to make it as portable as 
they know how, in hopes that it runs everywhere, but as a 
practical matter choose one as primary, which may not be the 
one you use.  The distribution in in source form that usually 
assumes a "make" based build system.

Binary packages and distribution specific packages are made by 
someone else.  These packagers make the packages and give 
valuable feedback to the developers.

There is no reason for MS-Windows to be any different.  Someone 
else needs to take the standard package and port it. We welcome 
that someone else to step forward and take on the task.


For gnucap ....  I don't have a MS box, but I do have a 
cross-compiler, so I distribute a ".exe" that should run 
directly, cross compiled with "mingw32"  (Minimalist GNU win32 
(cross) compiler).  This works for me because there are no 
other dependencies.  For programs needing a graphics library, 
good luck.


On Monday 31 July 2006 06:02, Bob Paddock wrote:
> Linux hobbyists

I just got back from DAC ...   A lot of the big guys use Linux.  
A lot of the big bucks programs run on Linux, usually Red Hat.


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