On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 10:32 PM, <gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu> wrote:

Hi all,

after some more code reading I found a way to add support for burried/blind= vias in pcb-rnd with reasonable effort, without first having to rewrite ev= erything and/or inventing new file formats. This could be the next big feat= ure in pcb-rnd.

My only problem is that I do not really feel the need for this feature and = I don't want to spend time developing features that wouldn't be use= d. I am not sure about other users, tho. If you are interested, please answ= er these questions with yes/no, unless specified otherwise (comments are al= so welcome after the yes/no). You can send your answer in private if you wa= nt to reduce list traffic. I will collect answers this week and will publis= h anonimized results.

Please focus on answering the questions - see disclaimer at the bottom; I w= ill ignore posts that attempt to derail the thread and encourage everyone e= lse to do the same.

Note: "you" means personally you, not your friends or subcontract= ors.

POLL:

1. How many of your boards REQUIRE burried or blind vias? [percentage]
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0
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2. How many of your boards could BENEFIT burried or blind vias? [percentage= ]

80
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3. When your board REQUIRED them, do you more often find a workaround to st= ick with pcb instead of switching to another design tool? [yes/no]

yes
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4. When your board could BENEFIT using them, do you more often find a worka= round to stick with pcb instead of switching to another design tool? [yes/n= o]

yes
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5. Have you ever tried pcb-rnd? [yes/no]

no
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6. Would you try pcb-rnd if it offered blind/burried vias? [yes/no]

no
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7. Would you consider switching to pcb-rnd if it offered blind/burried vias= ? [yes/no]

no
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8. Approximately how many boards have you done so far with pcb (pcb mainlin= e/branches/forks included, using gschem/gnetlist not required)? "1 boa= rd done" means you had one or more physical copies of the board. [roug= h estimation, positive integer]

~15
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9. Approximately how many boards have you done with other packages? [rough = estimation, positive integer]

0
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10. What OS would you prefer to do your pcb layouts on (assuming your favor= ite layout tool is/would be available on it)? [one of: (GNU/)Linux, *BSD, O= SX, windows, other; if you like more, select the one you would spend most t= ime on!]

linux
Britton