Re: gEDA: Yet more new code in CVS

[Matthew Ettus <matt-at-NOSPAMettus_dot_com>]

Ales Hvezda wrote:


>         2) #1 does not mean I'm not going to use gtk+.  Nor does it mean that
>            I'm going to use gtk--.  I've been looking at wxWindows which
>            does have a gtk+ version.

IMHO, wxwindows is a dead end.  Gtk+ version 2 will be even more
portable than the current one.  Not to mention that on Unix, wxWindows
wraps gtk, IIRC.

> 
>         3) I'm trying to decide if I care about true cross platform
>            portability (mainly to other non-Unix platforms).  gschem and
>            friends already run under cygwin, but I am interested (maybe)
>            in a true native port (which is doable with wxWindows).
>            The only sticking point is guile which I don't think is an
>            easy port (without cygwin).  I don't know if I could give
>            up guile (scheme); I like it too much.  Needless to say,
>            my views (free software vs the unnamed big company) are in
>            slight conflict here.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE keep guile.  If anything, I'd write more of gschem
in guile!


> 
>         4) Punt on all this cross platform plan and just stick with
>            Unix. That's fine and dandy, except that if you have a good
>            port to win32 that might entice people over to the free
>            Unix world.  Or it might have the exact opposite view, keep
>            people on the win32 platform, but gEDA would gain popularity.
>            :-)  Definately a conflict.

I wouldn't give up UNIX functionality for the sake of Windows users. 
I'd bet the Unix:windows ratio among geda users is between 20 and 50 to
1.

Matt