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On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 2:46 AM, Britton Kerin
(britton DOT kerin AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]
<geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 5:25 PM, John Doty <jpd AT noqsi DOT com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Dec 22, 2015, at 6:48 PM, Britton Kerin (britton DOT kerin AT gmail DOT com) [via
>> geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
>>
>> As for refusing code because it doesn't fit the vision, gEDA isn't in a
>> good position to do this.
>>
>> Geda-gaf is in an excellent position to do this. It’s mature, effective,
>> and flexible. It could be better, but making it better requires discipline
>> more than lines of code. It’s *hard* to make good code better: it’s much
>> easier to make it worse.
>
>
> But they aren't modifying it with the intention of making it worse, and on
> the average there's no real reason to assume the "leader" is going to be a
> better judge than the contributor, especially on the issue the contributor
> is trying to address.  All FOSS works essentially on this principle.  If you
> don't like it perhaps FOSS isn't for you.
>>
>>   It makes devels quit and there aren't that many to begin with.
>>
>> On the other hand, pcb suffers from a lack of discipline. I find it an
>> unusable conceptual tangle. The problem is not a lack of developers, but the
>> lack of a vision. To the user, it’s just a random grab bag of features.
>
>
> But because you don't use it, nobody takes your opinions about it seriously.
> Same principle again.

I take John's opinions and the opposing view seriously. That said the
way people express things here is often not constructive. I feel like
all these project management threads are people just kicking each
other for not doing what they want or for not whole heartedly
embracing their idea(s).

> Britton



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