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	John Doty on Fri, 16 Nov 2012 13:23:09 -0700)
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> >> Fast development pace indicates immaturity.
> > 
> > Please stop saying things like this.
> 
> Please don't damage this wonderful toolkit.

Please stop assuming that any development we do will cause damage.

> 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".

Please stop using emotionally charged words like "damage", "rickety",
and "wonderful".  If you have a technical argument against or for a
specific change, and evidence to back up any claims you make, fine.
Your arguments are sounding more like politics and less like
engineering.

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

And you make that worry extremely obvious through your overuse of
emotionally charged words and injected FUD.  This hurts the project *a
lot* because new users are afraid to help, or even join, when our
forums are full of such negativity.

> 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...

You've made your position quite clear, but "do nothing" is not a
solution.  It is, however, your message.