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Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2017 22:31:55 -0900
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] [pcb-rnd] in Debian testing - why no emphasis on fork
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On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 11:32 PM,  <gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu> wrote:
> Hello Sergey,
>
> On Sat, 7 Jan 2017, Sergey Alyoshin (alyoshin DOT s AT gmail DOT com) [via
> geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
>
>> Hello Igor,
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 6:31 AM,  <gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu> wrote:
>>>
>>> pcb-rnd 1.1.4 succesfully migrated to Debian testing (a.k.a. Stretch)
>>> recently. This means Debian users with anything more recent than current
>>> standle (Jessie) should be able to install pcb-rnd from the official
>>> repo.
>>
>>
>> Description of pcb-rnd package does not mention relationship with pcb
>> package, is it intentional?
>
>
> pcb-rnd has added a great amount of complex, large features last year. We
> also started to have our own file format. We are compatible with pcb, but we
> are also compatible with kicad - there's no conceptual difference in how we
> load/save a .pcb file or .kicad_pcb file. The relation of pcb-rnd to pcb is
> going to be more and more similar to the relation between pcb-rnd and kicad
> or other packages. From an user's perspective this means pcb-rnd is not a
> geda/PCB with slightly different config and 2..3 minor improvements (like it
> was in 2013), but it's more of a totally different layout package.

Sure, but out of courtesy - the same sort of courtesy the people who
run this list have extended to you in allowing you to use it as you
have - you should still mention pcb.  It's also more honest to users.
The fact that a piece of software has recently experienced a
significant fork is an important, both of the fact that there's still
interest, and of the nature and state of the community.  Any new pcb
release should likewise mention pcb-rnd.

Britton