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Subject: [geda-user] [pcb-rnd] release 1.2.0 - major refactoring, bugfixes
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Hi all,

I'm proud to announce the end-year release of pcb-rnd, version 1.2.0.

The main topics were large scale cleanup/refactoring and squashing as much 
bugs as possible. With the refactoring we get considerably closer to 
implement long awaited features in a clean way, without having to work 
around outdated API.

Project page: http://repo.hu/projects/pcb-rnd/

Release tarballs: http://repo.hu/projects/pcb-rnd/releases/

SVN: svn://repo.hu/pcb-rnd/trunk

Detailed changelog: 
http://repo.hu/projects/pcb-rnd/releases/changelog-1.2.0.txt

Previous version 1.1.4 is available from Debian sid and Ubuntu Zesty 
Zapus.

*** Help wanted: http://repo.hu/projects/pcb-rnd/help.html ***


Release notes:

pcb-rnd 1.2.0
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Finally, the long postponed major core cleanup has been implemented. This 
probably has been among the top 5 cleanups in the project history back to 
the 90s.

First, the code is now reorganized to build up around object types instead 
of actions. This means there's an obj_line.c, obj_arc.c, etc. that know 
how to do everything with lines, arc, etc. The old code had everything 
built around actions, so there was move.c, rotate.c, etc., that knew how 
to move, rotate, etc. all object types. The new organization makes it much 
simpler to change how objects behave or to introduce new objects.

The second part of the cleanup was to add pcb_ and PCB_ prefix to global 
symbols in core API. This will allow us to split core into libs with 
external, public API later, without risking name clashes. This will 
provide better code reuse and cleaner, more stable API to external 
plugins.

Among with the large cleanup, a lot of bugs have been found and fixed.


Regards,

Igor2