Re: [Gerbv-devel] Is anyone still developing?

[Linda H. <lh...@sh...>]

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Regards, Linda

On 2021-01-05 20:22, Clemens Koller wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Did someone ask in some geda-project mailing list?
> http://wiki.geda-project.org/geda:developer
> 
> KiCad's GerbView is also an interesting tool, but gerbv has better performance in big designs (when cairo is disabled) and quite comfortable to use.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Clemens
> --
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> On 06/01/2021 00.34, Eyal Soha wrote:
>> I have looked at the version on sourceforge and it is very old.  The last commit was nearly a year ago though bugs continue to be filed.  I have sent a few patches and none have been accepted.
>>
>> I have my own copy on github that addresses some of the issues.
>>
>> Is this project abandoned?
>>
>> Eyal
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 4:54 AM Valerio Messina via Gerbv-devel <ger...@li... <mailto:ger...@li...>> wrote:
>>
>>      I'm not a developer, but I regularly generate binaries for Linux and
>>      Windows for by colleagues fronm git sources. Sometime this require
>>      little patching.
>>
>>      Gerbv developers moved to git (but not github) and seems still on
>>      Sourceforge
>>
>>      Valerio
>>
>>
>>      Il 24/12/20 alle 20:56, Eyal Soha ha scritto:
>>      > I didn't know about X2.
>>      >
>>      > I saw a bug about a file with X2 in the name.  Apparently if your file
>>      > name ends with "X2", it is treated differently from files that don't
>>      > include "X2" in the name.  It must be related to this.  Maybe related?
>>      >
>>      > https://sourceforge.net/p/gerbv/bugs/246/ <https://sourceforge.net/p/gerbv/bugs/246/>
>>      >
>>      > Anyway, gerbv hasn't seen a commit in a long time.  If the developers
>>      > are too busy to continue on it, can we add new developers?
>>      >
>>      > Eyal
>>      >
>>      >
>>      >
>>      > On Thu, Dec 24, 2020 at 12:49 PM Bryce Nesbitt <br...@ob... <mailto:br...@ob...>
>>      > <mailto:br...@ob... <mailto:br...@ob...>>> wrote:
>>      >
>>      >     I have some patches for Gerber X2 support:
>>      >
>>      >     https://www.ucamco.com/en/gerber/demo-1 <https://www.ucamco.com/en/gerber/demo-1>
>>      >
>>      >     Gerber X2 was introduced in the fall of 2013. Gerber X2 supports
>>      >     attributes but is compatible with X1. Attributes are akin to labels
>>      >     providing information associated with the image or features in it.
>>      >     X2 defines a set of attributes to streamline the transfer of
>>      >     fabrication data from design to fabrication. The most important new
>>      >     attributes are:
>>      >
>>      >     File function: Is the file the top solder mask or the bottom copper
>>      >     layer, etc.?
>>      >     File polarity: Is the file positive or negative
>>      >     Part: Does the file represent a single PCB, an array, a coupon, etc.?
>>      >     Pad function: Is the flash an SMD pad, a via pad, or a fiducial, etc.?
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