RE: [avrdude-dev] Avrdude Gui problem

[Weddington, Eric]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave N6NZ [mailto:address@hidden 
> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 10:41 AM
> To: Weddington, Eric; avrdude-dev
> Subject: Re: [avrdude-dev] Avrdude Gui problem
> >>
> >> I hope this clarifies why I was talking about the .zip bundle.
> > 
> > Sure, but this places out of the scope of avrdude, or any 
> other part of
> > the toolchain.
> 
> Why is it out of scope?  Do you want a tool that solves peoples' real 
> problems, or do you want eye candy?

The .zip file places it out of the scope of avrdude.

The discussion is about adding a GUI to avrdude. Again, not something
that is all-singing, all-dancing. Some people may want a .zip file that
includes the world. Some people may just want the ELF file. Obviously a
simple GUI is certainly one route that is preferred by many people,
witness the popularity of AVR Studio for programming. I don't understand
why this is such a difficult argument to accept.

I certainly don't want to turn this into a bike-shed event, but it seems
to be going that route.