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On Nov 16, 2012, at 1:00 PM, DJ Delorie wrote:

> 
>> Fast development pace indicates immaturity.
> 
> Please stop saying things like this.

Please don't damage this wonderful toolkit.

>  It discourages development,

I see nothing virtuous about development for its own sake. That attitude only convinces me that the person espousing it is dangerous. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

Please fix bugs. Please fix rickety foundations. But don't just change things for change's sake. Especially, don't complicate the user's life with lots of special-case "features".

> and
> does nothing to help the project.
> 

As good as gEDA is, I personally worry more about harm than help. "There's no bottom to worse".

One of the great annoyances of the commercial Viewlogic software I used before I moved to gEDA was the constant pace of development. Old schematics became unusable, old scripts wouldn't work...

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
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jpd AT noqsi DOT com