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On 6/30/2015 10:19 AM, John Doty wrote:
> On Jun 30, 2015, at 7:59 AM, Evan Foss (evanfoss AT gmail DOT com)<geda-user AT delorie DOT com>  wrote:
>
>> >John Doty : In the name of a more open workflow I was advocating PCB
>> >changing/adding TSV as an accepted input format for the other
>> >attributes I was suggesting. The idea being to break out of the
>> >workflow issues you see in PCB.
>> >
> Wouldn’t help in the least bit. The core issue with PCB is that it has no coherent model of what a PCB is: it’s just a grab bag of “features” with no foundation.

John,

I always enjoy hearing your outspoken comments on geda/PCB.  But isn't 
the indeterminate nature of PCB a good thing?  It's abstract _and_ it 
works for practical physical design.  And its easy to hack and hotwire 
for different situations.

The foundation is clearly there: it's the code and the file formats.  It 
works and that's why we like it.

There are highly determinate commercial offerings.  Yet PCB is the 
maximum software attainable by a small number of uncoordinated 
programmers, particularly when one considers that there are different 
desires and philosophies constantly at odds.

Phil Taylor

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