X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 16:51:08 -0400 Message-Id: <201507152051.t6FKp8ip006830@envy.delorie.com> From: DJ Delorie To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com In-reply-to: <24AD56C6-B7C2-4D7E-B69A-F68DBACCBFDC@noqsi.com> (message from John Doty on Wed, 15 Jul 2015 14:37:32 -0600) Subject: Re: [geda-user] The new to do References: <55A2A0A2 DOT 4080403 AT ecosensory DOT com> <7AE39440-DA68-4491-A965-C1B97D1D86C1 AT sbcglobal DOT net> <20150712213152 DOT 7968b74c AT jive DOT levalinux DOT org> <304D9D86-3CF6-4D61-A5CA-6CE414EA0661 AT sbcglobal DOT net> <20150712224637 DOT 2d4cc2de AT wind DOT levalinux DOT org> <55A2E9B7 DOT 9040502 AT neurotica DOT com> <20150713131707 DOT GA782 AT recycle DOT lbl DOT gov> <55A4042E DOT 5060402 AT neurotica DOT com> <55A41B30 DOT 50602 AT neurotica DOT com> <254F9AFE-1A3E-4D88-BABF-E6E0F87A56B1 AT icloud DOT com> <1436960577 DOT 1072 DOT 6 DOT camel AT ssalewski DOT de> <201507151820 DOT t6FIKYME001704 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com> <46010EEB-8968-4635-9F1B-F4AE8147F24A! ! @noqsi.com> <201507152007 DOT t6FK7lv8005229 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com> <24AD56C6-B7C2-4D7E-B69A-F68DBACCBFDC AT noqsi DOT com> 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 My point was, there was no need to bring up every single possibility in a question specifically about gschem/pcb. Doing so both distracts people from answering the original question, and artificially raises the bar to solving it. We don't need to solve every problem every time. We *do* need to start solving some of the problems some of the time. *If* a solution comes up and *if* it can be used for other purposes and *if* you want to do the work to make it more general, *that* is the time to bring it up. Throwing "it must be perfect and do everything" in people's faces when they suggest things, only makes them no longer want to suggest things. Perfect is the enemy of Good Enough, and your constant pestering about perfection has made you the enemy.