[Magic-dev] Re: Now that Tim has formalized the development home for some EDA tools ...

[I-Lun Tseng (SeedNet)]

I have recently installed Debian 3.1 and tried to complie and install Magic 
on it. I must say that it was very frustrating. I downloaded all of the 
Magic versions that I can get on the web. However, none of them can be 
compiled on Debian. I was even forced to use older version of gcc (2.9.x) 
instead of 3.3.x. Fortunately, I installed Red Hat Linux 9 then and the 
compliation passed finally.

Take a look at this mailing list. Quit a large portion of questions is about 
compilation and installation. Some of them have not been answered (and maybe 
resolved) yet. I really think that the Magic team should make more efforts 
on this issue.

For the long term development, I would suggest getting more people involved 
in this project; even the people who do not have a PhD from Ivy League or 
other famous universities. Build a better forum, such as using phpBB, 
instead of this stone age mailing list. Organize people who specialize in 
specific topics. Each group has developers and modulators working on that 
topic. Just like any other successful open-source projects.