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From:	"Evan Foss (evanfoss AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com>
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On Sat, Jul 23, 2016 at 2:16 PM, James Battat (jbattat AT wellesley DOT edu)
[via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
> Dear gEDA folks,
>
> I’ve used gschem/pcb for several (modest) boards now, and love many things about it.
> I do not love what I perceive to be deep friction and lack of cooperation among developers.

That may be healing as we speak. The trouble is people trying to force
things. We can't force others to always code what we want how we want
and we can't force them to always play well together.

Even in our most productive days I recall a lot of vitriolic emails.
The difference is that a lot of the original developers have other
things in their life now. We need more people who share the vision so
please don't leave.

> It makes me wonder how long gschem/pcb will endure.  And therefore I must decide if, as a user, I should invest any more effort to learning the platform and building up custom footprint/schematic libraries, etc, or instead transition now to another platform.

The mainline of gEDA and PCB will probably continue with people
patching it periodically to keep it running. The PCB-RND fork is going
well.

> This may be an unfair question to ask on this forum, but here goes:
>
> What do you see as drawbacks to KiCad (wrt gschem/pcb)?  I’m on the fence about transitioning away from gschem/pcb.  Why should I stay?

I have no idea. Never touched it. I really like gEDA's architecture.

> James

Evan


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