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On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 8:38 PM, Evan Foss (evanfoss AT gmail DOT com) [via
geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

> Peter hit on a number of good points there. If we were to really
> measure how a piece of open source software is doing I think a less
> crude measure would be based on how long and how many bugs have been
> reported and unresolved.
>
> When was the last time any one here spotted a bug in gschem?
>

It has been very stable but the current release (1.8.2) has been out for
several years. Ver 1.9 has some nice features that I woud like to use but
until it is blessed and pushed out to all the repo packagers then I  will
stay with the older one that is an easy apt-get install away.

Does gEDA still run on windows? I have heard  rumblings that it is
currently broken. Bit rot is real. Unless you are actively testing with the
newest distros then any open source project will sink into decay.


You also have the big issues like the choice of scheme as gEDAs scripting
language and the gEDA file formats. Is there anything to gain by changing
and if so then what would be better and how do we transition?



John Eaton

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quo=
te">On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 8:38 PM, Evan Foss (<a href=3D"mailto:evanfoss AT g=
mail.com">evanfoss AT gmail DOT com</a>) [via <a href=3D"mailto:geda-user AT delorie.=
com">geda-user AT delorie DOT com</a>] <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:ged=
a-user AT delorie DOT com" target=3D"_blank">geda-user AT delorie DOT com</a>&gt;</span> =
wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;bord=
er-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Peter hit on a number of good poin=
ts there. If we were to really<br>
measure how a piece of open source software is doing I think a less<br>
crude measure would be based on how long and how many bugs have been<br>
reported and unresolved.<br>
<br>
When was the last time any one here spotted a bug in gschem?<br></blockquot=
e><div><br></div><div>It has been very stable but the current release (1.8.=
2) has been out for several years. Ver 1.9 has some nice features that I wo=
ud like to use but until it is blessed and pushed out to all the repo packa=
gers then I=C2=A0 will stay with the older one that is an easy apt-get inst=
all away.<br><br></div><div>Does gEDA still run on windows? I have heard=C2=
=A0 rumblings that it is currently broken. Bit rot is real. Unless you are =
actively testing with the newest distros then any open source project will =
sink into decay.<br><br><br></div><div>You also have the big issues like th=
e choice of scheme as gEDAs scripting language and the gEDA file formats. I=
s there anything to gain by changing and if so then what would be better an=
d how do we transition?<br><br><br><br></div><div>John Eaton<br><br></div><=
div><br></div></div></div></div>

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