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On 02/14/2017 08:21 AM, Svenn Are Bjerkem (svenn DOT bjerkem AT googlemail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> If nobody wants to 'own' geda-gaf the way it is, then it will
> just be a spot for roadside picnics in the future where users just
> have to live with whatever is left behind.


Hmmm... a future with raccoon and coyote users, and no lead developer.  Could be...

It matters less about what you call it than who you work on it with, but having
no separate names for different groups' efforts is confusing enough to alienate.

Most ordinary circuit makers and microcontroller hackers seem to like
forums with several splinter discussions to limit it to a narrow interest.
Micropython uses forums like that, and KiCAD also.  That kind of setup would attract
more users that don't want to code on the tools, just use them, (and test them...).

I do not think a name change will lose many users -- whichever developer group
with enough activity for bug fixing will attract almost all of the core users of geda-gaf.