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On 08/22/2015 11:46 PM, gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu wrote:> The strange phenomenon is that many people are willing to express their strong 
opinion on what features are needed in pcb-rnd (or
 > in pcb, on this regard we may consider pcb-rnd as a test lab from pcb's perspective), but when it comes to actually compiling and
 > running a new version, only a very few invest the time.

I resemble that remark.  This last week I could not divert to do compile and try out even though I was a voter
in igor2's poll.


On 08/22/2015 11:46 PM, gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu wrote:
> 3. switch to a centralized VCS and start using it properly, in a real team work, so you won't need scripts and manpower to get a
> "merged" version. Or even a complete mainline the user can refer to... This is my personal opinion. I know a vcs flamewar will
> follow, and I won't join it.

+1  Fossil is a good "central" DVCS that is reliable, has no rebase function, keeps all history,
and has built in conveniences for project status, bug tracking, repository server,
web pages that help newbies get started with both project and the VCS.

On 08/23/2015 03:16 AM, Karl Hammar wrote:> If you are mostly off-line a centralized VCS like cvs
 > and svn is burdensome to unworkable for the off-line user.

Fossil has an autosync work flow and a Manual-Merge Work flow
http://fossil-scm.org/index.html/doc/trunk/www/concepts.wiki#workflow
It's OK to be off-line for long periods if organized as a branch

On 08/22/2015 11:46 PM, gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu wrote:> even if there are only a few active PCB developers out there, proportionally 
there are even fewer active users/testers. There are
 > occasional sprints in development, and there are usually 2 or 3 users reporting results.

I think there are many pragmatic layout folk that "just use it" and they only upgrade every couple of years when they hear about
a feature that is good enough for their effort.