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; bh=IAUXppaHGW4WMOltVjfE8lxN5n1ejW/gtYZLYj78DTs=; b=IyVdcSTl0vQpqYLMw1k9Lssp0d6bIGtaLvNY6lIDut+w7ctKFq3Pjr+kDJUKuzKj4R SAieHufgr7zLM4CVTDCDduxuaRMFOSsiiR0uRzgUVIg6cjMbWZLSkd54L1pj3Uu5b0Rh B0tsX0Jsko1Q1fxx3UO13Wg2H3+WtZf4V3W2DbC/TnCKNbONXshp2iVPRYBBycj6itfc O8lNH3UuKuiJi2jfU/XcELFBl9Q3sPP2lVAof8LjmkPuhv5M5/4pDp0Hda2Kq2pdMRi4 rSZaXu//SVuOIUNfEyVISdWSsaR6SybuytyiLg907wFDgyAZYeHbuLUahC8hCobXmLS2 xmhg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.152.7.206 with SMTP id l14mr6539312laa.3.1437003836023; Wed, 15 Jul 2015 16:43:56 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201507152051.t6FKp8ip006830@envy.delorie.com> 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> <201507152007 DOT t6FK7lv8005229 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com> <24AD56C6-B7C2-4D7E-B69A-F68DBACCBFDC AT noqsi DOT com> <201507152051 DOT t6FKp8ip006830 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com> Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 23:43:55 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [geda-user] The new to do 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 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 On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 8:51 PM, DJ Delorie wrote: > > 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. Hmm... both of you need to be more chill. -- Home http://evanfoss.googlepages.com/ Work http://forge.abcd.harvard.edu/gf/project/epl_engineering/wiki/