X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Original-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=M6IeM1/4fGHP1J+f0zAd0vd7BWypPEnmoqPmTriuOqk=; b=eKbYBum+3Jry46DJgRsBESK2DYnlT8mLKifZCABVguh5//5x0POoodZKu4pYce5bIJ DCAXWo82lq768D7L3ZLPudZ5dtmb6nAQGfOSz0Mi/CRe/tVDEKYlA8s4m3BB/GQbwHmr zUwLjdMG3eWssQXjalcyR65U5vRSidtO60CZkjQ7nf/HccrdDHyktLz+B/+xkCkPIQm7 cFTStT4+6EEq3gIW3c2d2dyoJTx+qMKpjOL1LzFev06KGvqaOhlzcjASUpRSmAGOwIvf NPKzzlZOFa0wCjpwhEC+6zzkj+A83OxnRbJY9/9tQUbSlWiQ727US03+3alJO7fRQDvS RaUA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.152.6.1 with SMTP id w1mr33272521law.91.1438099811642; Tue, 28 Jul 2015 09:10:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 12:10:11 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [geda-user] pcb-rnd feature poll: please vote From: "Evan Foss (evanfoss AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 6:14 AM, wrote: > Hi all, > > after the release of pcb-rnd today, I am pondering what to do next. I have a > list of features I would sooner or later implement. I have my own idea about > their priority, but I am really interested to see what PCB users think of > them. > > Below is a list of the features. In curly brackets I placed my estimation of > the relative effort - the larger the feature is, the slower I get anything > visible/usable done. > > Everyone is invited to vote in email (either in private or on the list). > Even if you are not a pcb-rnd or pcb or geda user. Everyone has 3 tokens to > spend; reply to the mail and write "token" right under the feature you > support. You can spend 2 or even all 3 tokens on a single feature if you > find that important. Spending more than 3 tokens disqualifies your mail. A > new mail from the same person overwrites their previous tokens. > > I will count the tokens next wednesday morning (CET). If there's enough > voters and strong bias in votes, the outcome will have a direct effect on my > priorities. > > > 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 am unsure what this work really be. I like DJ's idea of a command interface but I am reserving my remaining token for 7. > 2. {large} resurrect the win32 port - only if there are volunteer windows > testers > > > 3. {small} UI: drill adjust: set drill and/or ring to current style > individually or all pins on a component > > > 3. {small} UI: trace length calculation and display Token > 4. {small} UI: be able to manually change text line width > > > 5. {small} UI: component dialog: filter by component tags, not only > by name > > > 6. {medium?} CORE: clear poly should be a per layer flag (on each objects); > so that a line can clear poly on solder-gnd but join solder-pwr Token > 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. Token > 8. {small} BUILD: menuconfig and a config file for scconfig > > > 9. {medium} HID: resurrect the lesstif HID (pcb-rnd supports gtk at the > moment) > > TIA, > > Igor2 -- Home http://evanfoss.googlepages.com/ Work http://forge.abcd.harvard.edu/gf/project/epl_engineering/wiki/