X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2016 17:39:49 +0200 (CEST) X-X-Sender: igor2 AT igor2priv To: "James Battat (jbattat AT wellesley DOT edu) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" X-Debug: to=geda-user AT delorie DOT com from="gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu" From: gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu Subject: Re: [geda-user] Stay or go? In-Reply-To: <98D1C4E4-581D-4A03-94E4-E0330960EADF@wellesley.edu> Message-ID: References: <98D1C4E4-581D-4A03-94E4-E0330960EADF AT wellesley DOT edu> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (DEB 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed 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, 23 Jul 2016, James Battat (jbattat AT wellesley DOT edu) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote: > Dear gEDA folks, > > I?ve used gschem/pcb for several (modest) boards now, and love many things about it. > I do not love what I perceive to be deep friction and lack of cooperation among developers. > > It makes me wonder how long gschem/pcb will endure. And therefore I must decide if, as a user, I should invest any more effort to learning the platform and building up custom footprint/schematic libraries, etc, or instead transition now to another platform. > > This may be an unfair question to ask on this forum, but here goes: > > What do you see as drawbacks to KiCad (wrt gschem/pcb)? I?m on the fence about transitioning away from gschem/pcb. Why should I stay? Joining the others, sharing my preference: I'd go for pcb-rnd and gschem (for now). As long as there are bugreports on pcb-rnd I keep fixing them, so the project doesn't die. If someone can collect and demonstrate real user demand of a specific feature I am willing to implement it. There are (and will be) alternative implementations of gschem too, so not all eggs are kept in one bucket. About KiCad vs. geda: I think geda and pcb are very good in being "unixy". If you have a strong preference for this "unixy" way, I think this family of software is probably still the best out there. Regards, Igor2