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Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:30:29 -0500
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On 11/16/2012 02:50 PM, John Doty wrote:
>> I was just waxing poetic to a friend about gEDA/PCB's fast
>> development pace, trying to get him interested, and then when I
>> went and checked, the releases of gschem and PCB I'm using are both
>> 1-2 years old. ;)
>
> Well, of course, that's a strange metric.

   Not when you know the whole story.

> Fast development pace indicates immaturity.

   It also indicates fast improvements.  The object here was to convince 
a guy who had tried gschem and PCB a few years ago, and hated the user 
interface, to give it another try because it had gone through 
significant improvements since then.

   Which it has.

>> Are there any plans for a new snapshot or "unstable" release of
>> either anytime soon?
>>
>> If not, where are the current repositories from which I might be
>> able to grab a snapshot?
>
> Current development version:
>
> http://git.geda-project.org/
>
> Unstable release is at:
>
> http://wiki.geda-project.org/geda:download

   Thanks!

              -Dave

-- 
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA