X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Original-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=qpGFbnygqdenS3I5FugpiXMIvbrEN8J6MBtsVaDQCoI=; b=vZZyABNusFlznheNpEcgrqm7zoVBqDlVqTsAyvce5ZRNC5/SKlWZzyEfMAuq463ad3 x/xJlhS1zJWKYszeCd+I9uMjXrp4d1h6lU4K1FEFGN7Nvm80DGY8NxUsbn6SMdy+QhF+ xORi6mGa2anBIE4+zhGrzb0UQBp+GV7KZrk9jVcS2nd9ZwCwyiTHhSsmT3Nptl6b7wa7 WvboXXH4nJG6xWIu5hpnfjXJok+1Qb/wGaNylWqB1AdUf9pcrG80w6V9xQKOcGhspzqB KykJmdm4TiB7TZOxjkh8oXlf5vM94+S74jEB9V3HVlkYbUuTYxDYbQ1xeggcdyAK8+LZ YIVg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.152.21.37 with SMTP id s5mr11437737lae.2.1436394670043; Wed, 08 Jul 2015 15:31:10 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <97457667-FFFF-4672-9DE3-D2366FE82773@noqsi.com> References: <97457667-FFFF-4672-9DE3-D2366FE82773 AT noqsi DOT com> Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 22:31:09 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: developer excitement? was Re: [geda-user] gEDA/gschem still alive? From: "Evan Foss (evanfoss AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id t68MVEue008425 Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk John you are assuming it means changing one of the already existing parts of gEDA in some massive way. I was thinking of adding tools to the chain. On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 10:23 PM, John Doty wrote: > > On Jul 8, 2015, at 4:02 PM, Evan Foss (evanfoss AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote: > >> A few people have said that projects slow when developers loose >> interest. > > Development slows. That may be a good thing for mature software. Adding features to software is like adding mass to an aircraft design: not a good idea unless there’s a compelling need. > > John Doty Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd. > http://www.noqsi.com/ > jpd AT noqsi DOT com > > > -- Home http://evanfoss.googlepages.com/ Work http://forge.abcd.harvard.edu/gf/project/epl_engineering/wiki/