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On Dec 29, 2015, at 10:37 PM, gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu wrote:

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> On Tue, 29 Dec 2015, John Doty wrote:
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>> On Dec 29, 2015, at 9:54 PM, gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu wrote:
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>>> After actually hacing gschem, I realized your idealistic view on how =
good the foundations are is just a dream.
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>> It?s not perfect but that isn?t a reason to make it worse. It?s =
pretty good compared to a lot of software.
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> There are resons to make it better.
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> There is no reason to claim geda has much better foundations than PCB.

I=92ve never found a serious limitation in geda-gaf abstractions. It can =
do pretty much everything I need. Not always in the way I want, but =
flexibility is a virtue in both software and humans. Pcb simply can=92t =
capture perfectly reasonable structures. That=92s both limiting and =
confusing.

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> There are reasons to check what parts PCB got better and what parts =
gschem got better and change both tools accordingly.
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> There is no reason to label any attempt to any change dangerous only =
because it's a change to existing tools, not proposed by you.

And if you pay attention, I don=92t. But if you feel the need to sell a =
change to me, it helps if you base it on what=92s already there and =
working, using the interfaces already provided.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
http://www.noqsi.com/
jpd AT noqsi DOT com



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