Bug 6002

Summary:	DraftSight, another 2D cad package
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Joe Da Silva <digital>
Component:	New RPM package request	Assignee:	All Packagers <pkg-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED OLD	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	Normal	CC:	rverschelde
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	i586
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.3ds.com/products/draftsight/overview/
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:		CVE:
Status comment:

Description Joe Da Silva 2012-05-21 08:05:41 CEST

Description of problem:
While reading the Mageia forum concerning one type of CAD package https://forums.mageia.org/en/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2307 I then did an enquiry on google for "Linux CAD" which gave me a page http://www.techdrivein.com/2011/08/8-best-cad-apps-for-linux.html "8 Best CAD Apps for Linux", and I noticed at the bottom in the comment section, several replies mentioning DraftSight, which you can find here.

None of this actually solves the problem mentioned in the forum, but looking at the program draftsight, it looks like something that you may want to include in Mageia 2 under the 2D CAD program choices. The Mandriva RPM installed without issues and it seems to be a fairly nice package to include.

Manuel Hiebel 2012-05-21 12:44:02 CEST

Summary: Mageia 2, request for another 2D cad package to add to list of choices => DraftSight, another 2D cad package

Comment 1 Rémi Verschelde 2014-09-16 10:23:34 CEST

As far as I can tell this is nonfree. That doesn't mean we should not package it though, but it would have to go to the nonfree repository. And then we should check whether its license allows redistribution.

CC: (none) => remi

Comment 2 Samuel Verschelde 2016-10-11 20:55:41 CEST

Assigning this package request to all packagers collectively. On a voluntary basis, one of them might want to integrate it to the distribution and maintain it for bug and security fixes.

You might also want to join the packager team to maintain this piece of software: see https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Becoming_a_Mageia_Packager

Assignee: bugsquad => pkg-bugs

Comment 3 Joe Da Silva 2023-07-12 05:42:06 CEST

10 years later...
Seems Rosa 2021 stopped at ver2019, and Chocolatey at ver2022 SP1 (trialware).

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => OLD