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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2025 03:43:58 -0800
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] pcb git down, new git repo available
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On Sun, Jun 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM karl AT aspodata DOT se [via
geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
>
> Vladimir Zhbanov:
> > "karl AT aspodata DOT se [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> writes:
> ...
> > > I can have it a few years, as long as I can afford the site, but after
> > > that someone else have to take care of it if there would be any
> > > interest. Considering the low mail volume on this list nowadays, there
> > > is probably no interest.
> >
> > There is Bert's repository on GH:
> > - https://github.com/geda-pcb-developers
> >
> > I know, Karl, you won't work with GH.
>
> I don't need github since I have my own site.
>
> >  However you could support Bert's
> > efforts by sending patches to him.
>
> I'm perfectly fine with using Bert's repo and sending patches to him, I
> just didn't know about it. Since it is available there is no need for me
> to have a public pcb repo so I'll remove it.

I don't like github either, but it does have this advantage that people
know where to look.

So as far as I'm concerned at this point Bert's repo is the official one,
is there anyone who disagrees on this for any reason?

There's also a gerbv with updates st it works on github.  It might be nice
to have a single page that indexed the others, idk.

> > I myself like PCB as I spent much time on it some time in the past, and
> > there are parts in Lepton that are dedicated for it.  However there are
> > reasons why I still cannot help much.  The program has to be ported to
> > GTK3 or GTK4.  Otherwise it will be thrown out from main Linux
> > distributions.  It's a lot of work, and I would need much more free time
> > to spent to deal with the task, while I'm still digging up in 25-years
> > old lepton code trying to do any progress.  Maintaining the 8 years old
> > lepton fork has shown me that there are still lots of people silently
> > waiting for somebody to continue the effort, and sometimes they even
> > help :-)
>
> I don't see the value in chasing gtk nor qt etc., motif is perfectly
> fine for this.

gtk2 is also fine until it stops building

Britton

>
> Regards,
> /Karl Hammar
>