Re: gEDA: CAD Library of the Future

[Bernd Jendrissek <berndj@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 04:30:52PM +0100, Karel Kulhavy wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 05:48:10AM -0500, Bob Paddock wrote:
> > Symlinks are not supported on all platforms.  I am using an index
> > file to work around that problem in wxPCB.
> 
> But what about platform that doesn't support files? Like calculators?
> Or don't support computing at all, like frogs, bonfires and stones?

You've obviously never heard of computronium. :)

> Clear specification under what conditions gEDA is supposed to work is
> necessary (POSIX?) because it cannot run everywhere.

If it is Win32 to which Bob alludes, some of us may argue that it is a
technically obsolete platform, but that's an awfully large user base to
have to alienate by dropping support for it.

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