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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave McGuire (mcguire AT neurotica DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]
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> On 10/09/2015 07:53 AM, John Doty wrote:
> >> When you have a year old stable release and a year old unstable
> >> one new adopters think this is abandoned and ignore it.
> >
> > Not me. That suggests to me that the software is mature and ready
> > for prime time.
>
>   Bravo.  But unfortunately this is not a common attitude today.  With
> "these kids today", if it's old, it can't possibly be of any use, and
> if it's not new, it's old.
>
>   An app developer working for one of my clients thought he was a real
> hotshot.  One day in a conversation he gave me a cocky grin and
> proudly said he won't touch a library if it hasn't seen code commits
> in the past month or so.

I'm mostly a lurker here in gEDA land, but this struck a nerve.  This is
something that has to be examined on a case-by-case basis.  Some
projects/libraries are mature and thus don't get rapid changes.  Some are
not mature but don't get rapid changes because nobody is working on it or
cares about it.  And some are not mature but get rapid changes in order to
make them mature.

I examine a library project pretty closely before deciding to use it, so I
know which category it falls into.  And which cagegory of library I'm
looking for isn't always the same...