Mail Archives: geda-user/2012/11/16/15:43:05
> >> 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.
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