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On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 3:19 AM,  <gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm proud to announce yet another experiment on raising user activity: the
> binary tarball of pcb-rnd. This allows users to try pcb-rnd on Linux on
> x86_64 without downloading sources or compiling anything. This is a
> pre-alpha version to see if there's anyone interested at all. It worked on
> my system but has not been tested anywhere else yet.
>
> This is also a poll: if you try it, please send me an email in private about
> how it worked (or failed), what scripting languages you would use if they
> were available. I'm also interested in your general comments/suggestions
> after the testrun.
>
> I will go on spending time on the binary distribution only if there are at
> least 5 users doing *actual testruns* with it and they are reporting in.
>
> Features
> ~~~~~~~~
>
>  - all the core pcb-rnd features (e.g. internal connections in footprints,
> display shorts using minimal cut, funny pin shapes)
>
>  - parametric footprint support in core
>
>  - parametric footprint integrated with the gtk HID (open the library window
> and type dip(12))
>
>  - support for multiple HIDs (try --gui lesstif)
>
>  - scripting! In this very first version of the binary distribution awk, lua
> and ruby are supported (don't try the others, they will fail; from a proper
> installation from source there are at least 8 languages working fine)
>
>
> How to get it
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Download the tarball and unpack it in your home:
>
> http://igor2.repo.hu/tmp/pcb-rnd.tar.bz2
>
> It all works from ~/pcb-rnd/ and should not write files outside of that dir
> unless you explicitly ask it to (e.g. with save as). If you don't trust it
> add a new user for the test. No root needed anywhere in the process.
>
> You can get example scripts from the pcb-rnd rosetta project at
> http://repo.hu/projects/pcb-rnd/gpmi/rosetta/index.html and load them using
> the GUI or config files.
>
> There's a file called INSTALL in the tarball that describes what you need to
> do after the unpack (basically just run ./pcb-rnd or put it on your PATH).
>
> Regards,
>
> Igor2
>
> P.S. Disclaimer: I do realize this is not the proper way software should be
> installed. This is a quick hack to ease testing.
>

Apologies, I will test anything except naked binaries people hand me.
It is not that I love waiting for compiling to happen or that I don't
trust you. It is just too easy in our times for someone malicious to
insert things.

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