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On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 8:51 PM, DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> 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

I believe John has been a contributor to gnetlist in some very
meaningful ways. He was saying that the area *he* works on the most
was the one needing an overhaul. I don't see fault with that.

I don't want to enter a world where the workflow is a direct flow from
gschem to pcb. That would be very inflexible. I also don't see how it
would really be saving anytime in coding.

> 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.

Perfection is only the enemy of good enough if John's comments were
actively stopping already written stuff from being added to the
project. He, like others, is just trying to help keep the geda part of
the project as flexible and true to a vision (i happen to agree with)
as possible. The philosophy he is protecting I share.

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