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On 2/26/19 1:25 PM, Roland Lutz wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Feb 2019, Girvin Herr (gherrl AT fastmail DOT com) [via 
> geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
>> I am not sure what or where I can get the "master" branch.
>
> The process of building gEDA/gaf from the repository is explained here:
> http://wiki.geda-project.org/geda:gaf_building_git_version
>
> In short, if you are using Debian, the following commands should do 
> the trick:
>
>   sudo apt-get update
>   sudo apt-get build-dep geda
>   git clone git://git.geda-project.org/geda-gaf.git
>   cd geda-gaf
>   ./autogen.sh
>   ./configure --prefix=$HOME/geda
>   make
>   make install
>
>> For some years, I have been lobbying for a new gEDA release, but got 
>> resistance that gEDA is now perfect and does not need any new 
>> development or new releases.
>
> On the contrary, gEDA is far from perfect.
>
> For a long time, the problem was that the repository contained several 
> unfinished features which no-one volunteered to finish. I'm currently 
> working on cleaning things up, removing some parts, finishing other 
> parts myself, so we can have a working release again.  Maybe I'm 
> setting the goal too high here, I don't know. Since most of the 
> critical problems are solved now, I think I'll be able to roll a new 
> release soon(-ish).
>
>> Since there were only four of these terminals giving me problems, my 
>> solution was to re-draw the symbols as a real graphic without any 
>> intelligence, leaving the net node electrically hanging. The net 
>> still has a pull-up resistor connected to it, so it has more than one 
>> node.
>
> That sounds like a good workaround, but what were you trying to do in 
> the first place?
>
> Roland
>
Roland,

That sounds good. It would be nice to have a new gEDA release after all 
this time. Thanks for your effort.

I generally like to install stable releases on my system, rather than 
pull them off the development repository. Adam Osborne, a 1980s 
engineer, was accredited with the anecdote: "He, who lives on the 
cutting edge of technology, gets sliced to bits." I try to follow that 
philosophy because more often than not, whenever I don't, something bad 
happens. However, If I get some time, I will follow your suggestion and 
try it out. I am using Slackware, rather than Debian, but that should 
not be a show-stopper. I generally build packages from source and then 
package them for Slackware installation. If I can get the source, I can 
go with it.

What I was trying to do?
My design uses some push-button switches with redundant connection 
terminals on both sides. One side is mounted to my PCB and the other 
side, I use to wire some BNC jacks to. Since the BNC-connected terminals 
are not part of the PCB, but I want them shown on the schematic as 
connection points for the assembly, I needed the terminal symbols, but 
not have them placed on the PCB design itself. I figured the easiest way 
to keep them off the PCB would be to set the graphical attribute to have 
them ignored. Not!

Thanks Again.
Girvin