Re: Packaging FreeCAD

[John Soo]

Hey Paul,

I did not know Debian changed their version of opencascade. I will have to 
double check that they are using OCCT for FreeCAD still. 

- John

> On Jan 11, 2019, at 1:35 AM, Paul Garlick <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Hi John,
> 
> This is good news indeed for Guix-using engineers and architects.  I
> shall follow developments with interest.
> 
> I can look after the OpenCASCADE dependency too.  This package is due
> an update but upstream development has been slow of late.  Debian have
> switched to the OCCT version for FreeCAD and I am thinking that it
> would be best for Guix to follow suit.  This would entail the
> introduction of a new opencascade-occt package, which I plan to do
> soon, if no-one beats me to it!
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Paul.
> 
> 
>