gEDA-dev: Gschem and Cairo graphics library

[Levente Kovacs]

On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 09:37:41 +0100
Evan Lavelle <eml-geda at cyconix.com> wrote:

> If the answer is more than 10, I'd be surprised. And if it is 10, I'd 
> guess that at least 5 of them are on this list anyway.

Igor2's point is -and I think the rest of free software developers- that they don't care how much users use their product. They doing what they are doing at their spare time. Only MS and other software companies are intrested in figures. It has no point in the world of free software. Accept it or don't.

If a company want to use gEDA, they sure have an administrator. (S)he'll figure out dependecies, will build debs, rpms, or whatever package, and will distribute them on a local server. So, users can PAINLESSLY install them. Easy, painless, and no need to have extra gigabytes. This is how it is done at CERN. This is I know.

The statically linked thing is a "windoze way"... DON'T think just pay! :-) Even, if it is 0.3 cents to have all the libs installed with gEDA

However, I think it is a good idea to put together a demo CD. I think Igor2's idea is good to do that! Even, a live distribution with gEDA installed. eg. Gnoppix, or Knoppix

Levente