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On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 3:52 PM, John Doty <jpd AT noqsi DOT com> wrote:
>
> On Dec 29, 2015, at 1:29 PM, Kovacs Levente (leventelist AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 29 Dec 2015 14:43:17 -0500
>> "Evan Foss (evanfoss AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
>>
>>> gEDA is struggling for a lack of development and scheme turns off a
>>> lot of wood be contributors. We need people who....
>>> 1. Don't fight so much.
>>> 2. Know about EDA software.
>>> 3. Have time to work on the project.
>>> 4. Know all the languages involved in the project.
>>>
>>> That is a lot to ask.
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>> gEDA is too conservative - I believe. gEDA states it is 'open'. It is open
>> source, but the people are closed, and afraid of new technology.
>
> Not at all. But don’t break old tools: add new ones.
>
>> We move on,
>> or die.
>
> You don’t have to make unwelcome changes to extend the toolkit. That’s an advantage of a toolkit. Use it.

Unwelcome wagon?

>>
>> I gave up convincing everyone that we need to change this and that.
>
> Why not just write something? A new gnetlist back end or plugin. A new script to transform schematics. A new Scheme plugin for gschem. *Use* the power of the foundation rather than try to change it. When you do that, you don’t have to convince anybody.
>
>>
>> I'm so tired of all this. I also have 1000 things to do. I also wrote some
>> scripts for gEDA, and I fear that I have to throw them away... not because
>> the project will evolve into something new, but because, I have to change the
>> toolset.
>
> That’s part of my concern also. That’s a strong reason for stable foundations.
>
>>
>> However, I think gEDA is still a good idea. A set of tools, communicating on
>> well defined interfaces. I still think this is the way to go... but if we
>> continue this endless discussions without any direction, we are going to do it
>> for ourselves, just for its own sake, which makes no sense.
>>
>> Think!
>>
>> Levente
>>
>
> John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
> http://www.noqsi.com/
> jpd AT noqsi DOT com
>
>



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