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Lev (leventelist AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> "Peter Stuge (peter AT stuge DOT se) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]"
> <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
> 
> > I would cautiously nominate myself. Cautious because:
..
> > My first priority for a major change would be to move PCB to a
> > generic geometry data model.
> 
> Yes! Finally! Please go ahead and do it. I failed.
..
> Do you have some plan?

I want to make it clear that I do not believe that I would be able to
work very much with the code - I just don't have the time - but I
would try to find and give direction and help with the big picture.

I looked at the proposed C++ geometry library, but I'm not at all
convinced that it is such a good fit for gEDA/PCB. Starting from
scratch seemed a better alternative to me than that library. Things
like snapping to a grid could then be implemented efficiently right
from the start, as opposed to being added on top after the fact, with
benefits likely for both implementation and performance.


//Peter