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On 07/15/2015 09:31 PM, John Doty wrote:
>> What we *would* like to do is expand the tools to allow a wider
>> range of things to be possible, without stopping the old things
>> from working
> 
> How do you keep the documentation and menus simple? Every unnecessary
> feature makes it harder for the user to discover and employ the
> necessary ones (been there with Viewlogic).

  Unnecessary IN YOUR VIEW.  Not that of others.  Otherwise we wouldn't
be having this conversation.

>> or being needlessly complex.  The opposition to *any* change has
>> made this more difficult than it should be.
> 
> No, it *should* be difficult. Geda-gaf is a mature, stable, useful
> toolkit. Ill-considered change is bad.

  And since you automatically label ALL change as being ill-considered
unless you yourself are the originator of the idea, this makes it pretty
damn tough for it to be anything other than John Doty's Tool Suite.

> Adding features to software is
> like adding mass to aircraft: not always bad, but there’d better be
> very strong justification.

  ...to which you will not listen.

> But that itself reflects pcb’s inflexibility. If you could import
> netlists from 20 other tools, you’d want those interfaces factored
> out, I think. I certainly would.

  Stop bashing PCB.  I for one am tired of hearing it.

  Please, John, just stop.  You are making a fool of yourself.

  Again.

              Dave

-- 
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA