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Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2015 18:42:47 -0400
From: "Dave McGuire (mcguire AT neurotica DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com>
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On 08/24/2015 06:27 PM, John Doty wrote:
> Viewlogic had many of the cool features that some want to add to
> gschem, including buttons to do this and that. These made it harder
> to learn and use, not easier. I do not want to go back: gschem is far
> more productive.

  You know, I hate (HATE!) all of the forking that happens in the FOSS
world.  Most forks of most packages should never have happened, and many
are done for bad reasons.  Even GitHub (which I also HATE HATE HATE, and
this is one reason why) *encourages* people to fork stuff by putting a
big "FORK" button on every project.  Lots of people click that, for no
particular reason.

  Forking divides efforts and is a lazy way to skirt around actually
working together toward a common solution.

  But, as opposed as I am to willy-nilly forking of FOSS projects, it
sounds like you need a fork.  Gschem is not going to sit still just
because you are opposed to any change.

                -Dave

-- 
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA