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On Sun, 6 Sep 2015, Vladimir Zhbanov (vzhbanov AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:

> On Sun, Sep 06, 2015 at 01:19:39AM +0200, Markus Hitter (mah AT jump-ing DOT de) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
>> Am 05.09.2015 um 23:39 schrieb Vladimir Zhbanov:
>>>> But at the moment, unless we drastically change how we do things,
>>>>> KiCAD is #1.
>>> Over and over again...
>>>
>>> Does this mean we should replace Guile with Python?
>>
>> It doesn't matter too much. If people need to script at all, the case on
>> newbies is already lost. That said, Python is certainly a lot more
>> common, so the entry barrier for not-so-newbies for scripting is
>> considerably lower.
> I think we should not force newbies to use scripting. It should be
> optional feature for power users.

I don't feel any forcing on this. Scripting is a possibility. Power users 
can write scripts and newbies can download and use those scritps. This may 
make a secondary market for features that are not "good enough" to get in 
the core. It can also help keeping the core clean by having those 
features maintained by power users outside of core.

It is much like open source: newbies can get the source if they want but 
this doesn't mean they have to get it or they have to hack it in order to 
use the software. But it does mean that they have much more possibilities 
through other _users_ who do hack the source.

Regards,

Igor2