Jason Childs wrote: > On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 8:42 AM, John Doty<j...@noqsi.com> wrote: > >> We're not a programming team implementing what Marketing wants. We're >> a bunch of computer-savvy users implementing what we intend to use. >> That's our strength. That's why gEDA is different. That's why gEDA is >> a sharp toolkit for the computer-savvy. >> > > So is this why my simple bsearch patch for hid's hasn't been > incorporated in 3 months? I have to apply it every time I do a pull > from pcb git so that it doesn't segfault. I'm sorry, but the tone as > of late on the mailing list has been "our way or the highway", at > least from what I've read and encountered on the mailing list. Heck > I've been afraid to post using gMail for fear of getting kicked from > the mailing list because of double posting or posting in RTF. Frankly > if you can't see the current problems within the geda community that's > ashame, because it's a reflection of the product too and why thing's > haven't advanced.
I'm a relatively late arrival to the geda community, so I can't comment on any trends (and I come from the Linux kernel community, who is openly hostile towards pretty much everyone so I have an unusually thick skin). But I definitely sense a lot of resistance to change. I have a hunch that some of the ambivalence comes from, "It was hard enough to get things to this point!"-thinking. And it's also obvious that many members of the community have a substantial investment in the way geda works today that nobody wants to see invalidated. Tough spot to be in, methinks. :) And not one that someone with the skills and initiative would be able to challenge without making it a full-time assignment. And who can financially afford that? I'm a freelancer who uses a lot of the tools I write, I'd love a 1-man-year contract to clean up geda and pcb. But I bet I'm not the only one who would--- and that's the kind of effort we're talking about here. Any givers? > I thought when I converted the gaf source > from using noweb it would open up a whole new opportunity for actual > software developers to start contributing, and I now regret the time I > lost doing it. > I'm not familiar with your effort, but I'm certain it laid the groundwork for the refactoring that you desire. b.g. -- Bill Gatliff b...@billgatliff.com _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user