On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 8:01 PM, José Ignacio <jose.cyb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The separate program issue is just an implementation detail. The main > thing that Kicad is headed for is the refactoring slated for the 6.0 dev > cycle. The cleaner data structure foundation and subsequent decoupling of > the logic from the UI classes will allow all sorts of automation that are > currently very hard or impossible. The vision that was set since over 5 > years ago was for Kicad to present a library-like interface to the outside > world. It kind of does now on PCBnew only, but things are slowly improving > as things get refactored and legacy code gets phased out. > > I honestly think the last thing Kicad needs right now is a chance of > direction, I speak as a user that has been using Kicad professionally for > just over 2 years now, working on dozens of PCB projects over that time. > The developments in the past few years have been nothing but awesome for a > project with Kicad's resources. We just need to be patient, or try to help > out in a constructive manner. > > Over the past couple years I have been using the dev version in production > to take advantage of the new features (dealing with versions/instability > was a small price to pay for me), I also helped a little bit (as time > allowed) with the occasional patch or grumpy bug report. I'd like to thank > everyone that has worked on the project so far; It basically has made it > possible for me to make a living doing what I enjoy, and I really hope the > project can retain the momentum it has built up in the past few months, it > just keeps getting better! > > Thanks, > Jose > > > Nothing that I am asking for is a change of direction. Instead of calling a function that operates on data in memory you call a program that operates on the same data in the file system. You see the same menu pick either way. This will fit in with the refactoring. If you are doing a PCB with a FPGA on it then you really want that FPGA designer to be using kicad to design their padring. Kicad could fill this niche and it would make your job a lot easier. John Eaton
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