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From: "James Battat (jbattat AT wellesley DOT edu) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject: [geda-user] Stay or go?
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Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2016 10:16:18 -0400
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Dear gEDA folks,

I’ve used gschem/pcb for several (modest) boards now, and love many things about it.
I do not love what I perceive to be deep friction and lack of cooperation among developers.  

It makes me wonder how long gschem/pcb will endure.  And therefore I must decide if, as a user, I should invest any more effort to learning the platform and building up custom footprint/schematic libraries, etc, or instead transition now to another platform.

This may be an unfair question to ask on this forum, but here goes:

What do you see as drawbacks to KiCad (wrt gschem/pcb)?  I’m on the fence about transitioning away from gschem/pcb.  Why should I stay?

James