#15: FEL with source + build packages
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Reporter: shakthimaan | Owner: chitlesh
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone: Fedora 11 'Leonidas'
Component: FEL | Version: devel
Resolution: | Keywords: Source
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Comment (by chitlesh):
Hello shakti,
for #1:
FEL can be used without internet. Inclusion of Source packages will also
mean to include all the -devel dependencies used to build each SRPM. This
might be 2/3 times the size of the current livedvd.
for #2:
We have to know where we stand. Is our prime objective
- (1) to spend more time with software or
- (2) to provide EDA solutions ?
for (1), source code distribution is understandable, but this is not
electronics.
for (2), each FEL app already contains it own documentation or its
documentation comes with a separate -doc package. As for the driver
support, the fedora-base kickstart file already entails many drivers, and
if one is missing please file a bug so that it can be fixed. We know that
download speed in certain countries is slow thereby it is also another
reason why we must limit the total size of the dvd so as not to penalize
the majority.
Try rpm -qld pcb
for #3, FEL is already a standalone solution for electronics. To design
electronics there is no need for source code. But the source code is
available for anyone to download if he/she wants with:
yumdownloader --source pcb
And, to my knowledge, anaconda does not support the inclusion of the SRPMs
in the livecd.
I see no reason why the source code and build packages should be entailed
into the livedvd, in order to make FEL useful for education, though
education is not the only userbase we are targeting.
The reason why FEL exists is because of the lack of packaged opensource
EDA tools in the community. Thus it is meant to shield the user from
building the eda tools for scratch and jump straight to the electronic
design and simulation. Providing source packages within the live media is
the other way round.
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Ticket URL: <https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-electronic-lab/ticket/15#comment:1>
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