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OK, my 2 cents as a long-time and quite happy user:

I basically have all my schematics and pcb designs in geda's gschem and 
pcb file + symbol/footprint format, and I use these tools on an almost 
daily basis.

Naturally, my main concern is that any move towards other applications 
should not be too disruptive -- which I guess boils down on moving to 
lepton + pcb-rnd, is that correct? Getting to grips with a different UI 
with different commands/shortcuts is one thing, but I really want to 
avoid having to re-enter schematics and especially pcb's  if at all 
possible. And yes, I regularly modify older designs.

Then again, the timing for this development isn't all that bad: I 
planned to do a Linux reinstall some time in the next couple of months 
anyway (MX Linux 23 with KDE, if that's of any significance), so that 
would also be a good opportunity to make a switch like this instead of 
installing the old suite again.

But no matter what happens to geda/pcb, I'd like to express my gratitude 
towards everyone who contributed to this software over the course of the 
years. It has been a pleasure to use to this day, even though it has of 
course some limitations and drawbacks.

Regards,

Richard


Op 10-10-2023 om 05:35 schreef DJ Delorie:
> No significant commits in years.
>
> No releases in years.
>
> Subprojects moving away, or forking.
>
> Mailing lists are oddly quiet.
>
> Risks are arising about dependencies on obsolete toolkits.
>
> Nobody seems interested in maintaining it any more.
>
> I'm contemplating pulling the plug on the 12 year old server and
> calling it a day.
>
> Anyone want to argue otherwise?  ;-)
>
> (and if you do, you'll likely end up owning it ;)
>
> DJ

Met vriendelijke groeten,

Richard Rasker
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