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Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:39:12 +0100
From: Juergen Harms <Juergen DOT Harms AT unige DOT ch>
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] The state of gEDA/gaf (Was gEDA/PCBs diversity,
 Was: Pin hole size)
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On 10/29/2012 06:13 PM, DJ Delorie wrote:
>> And if pcb disappeared tomorrow, every bit of that would be useful

This discussion is excellent, necessary - but most of what is being said 
is disquieting for the ordinary user who just wants to put these tools.

This kind of user maybe does not have the skills to pick and selectively 
apply patches available on a git repository - maybe he just sees what 
the package manager of his Linux distro has installed. Or he has the 
skills, but wants to concentrate on the real job of design he wants to do.

Does all this mean that this kind of user is getting more and more out 
of the focus of what is being developed? What should my reaction as a 
maintainer for these tools on one of the Linux distributions be?