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Based on what I think will affect the most users...

> 1. {large} merge pcb-gpmi in pcb-rnd: scripting within pcb, using
>     10 different languages (includes python, perl, awk, lua and guile)
>     Languages (and the dependencies they mean) are all optional.

I hear a lot of folks say "scripting" when what they mean is
"in-editor command line" - we have one but it can't do everything the
mouse can do.  If this merge can give us that feature somehow, that
would be cool.

> 2. {large} resurrect the win32 port - only if there are volunteer windows
>     testers

This would be the biggest benefit.

> 3. {small} UI: trace length calculation and display

The 'R' key already does this

> 4. {small} UI: be able to manually change text line width

?

> 7. {medium?} CORE: optional inverse silk or copper text: draw a fill
>     rect around the text and make the text a cutout of this fill rect.

Each layer should be a generic CSG, which would give us this anyway,
rather than add a new special type of object.

> 9. {medium} HID: resurrect the lesstif HID (pcb-rnd supports gtk at the moment)

If you broke the HID interface in your port, you've done something
wrong anyway.