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On Oct 8, 2015, at 9:40 PM, Evan Foss (evanfoss AT gmail DOT com) [via =
geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 9:12 PM, John Doty <jpd AT noqsi DOT com> wrote:
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>> On Oct 8, 2015, at 1:23 PM, traylor AT eecs DOT oregonstate DOT edu wrote:
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>>> I hope we can all find a way to work together. I'd hate to see these =
tools slowly die.
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>> I don=92t buy the notion that fixing things that aren=92t broken is =
necessary to prevent their death.
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> bitrot could happen and over time the version of gtk or some other
> dependency could go too far out of date for anyone to ship it. (distro
> wise)

Lots of things *could* happen. I don=92t think we would have any problem =
here: the user base has some pretty experienced people who could jump in =
if there was a real problem.

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> When you have a year old stable release and a year old unstable one
> new adopters think this is abandoned and ignore it.

Not me. That suggests to me that the software is mature and ready for =
prime time.

> This only makes
> finding new developers harder.

Again, the assumption that developers are automatically needed for =
something-or-other. But stability is a good thing if you=92re actually =
using the software for the long term. One of the things that was =
refreshing about gEDA when I first adopted it was the relative lack of =
pointless change. Viewlogic was frequently issuing new versions with new =
problems. "If it ain=92t broke, don=92t fix it."

>=20
>>> Ask questions nicely, be considerate, assume noble intent.
>>=20
>> "Good intentions are the source of more folly than all other causes =
put together.=94 =97 Robert A. Heinlein, Glory Road.
>>=20
>> John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
>> http://www.noqsi.com/
>> jpd AT noqsi DOT com
>>=20
>>=20
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John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
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