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On Dec 29, 2015, at 10:24 PM, Evan Foss (evanfoss AT gmail DOT com) [via =
geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 5:16 AM, John Doty <jpd AT noqsi DOT com> wrote:
>>=20
>> On Dec 29, 2015, at 9:57 PM, Evan Foss (evanfoss AT gmail DOT com) [via =
geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
>>=20
>>>>=20
>>>> I assume that they have the best of intentions. I am concerned that =
many who want change seem to have a poor understanding of what already =
exists. Certainly if you haven=92t mastered Scheme, you have no business =
changing the existing geda-gaf core. But new tools are welcome.
>>>=20
>>> That is a nice arbitrary road block you are throwing up there. I =
don't
>>> know we have more than 3 people right now who could be said to be
>>> truly proficient in scheme. Given how endangered Scheme programmers
>>> are in the wild I think you are dooming the code to bitrot.
>>=20
>> Perhaps in the long run I am, but Vladimir seems quite proficient and =
eager, so I=92m not worried for the present (and I can muddle my way =
through, too). For the future, we have other possibilities like Xorn.
>=20
> Using Xorn as you describe really would mean dynamiting the
> foundation.

No, it=92s building on a new foundation while leaving the old entirely =
intact.

> Why can't you see something other than black and white
> here?

I can, but you always turn the contrast up.

> It is not like geda was built in one day, in a perfect
> immaculate conception. It evolved and you can see that in the code.

It=92s merely better than most software.

> How can you possibly be so sure that it can't evolve positively in the
> future via added functionality?

I=92m not sure, but would-be developers who don=92t understand what=92s =
already there and want to charge in and change things make me nervous.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
http://www.noqsi.com/
jpd AT noqsi DOT com



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