On Sat, Mar 20, 2021 at 8:02 AM RigoLigo RLC <rigolig...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a few questions about the current KiCad development. > > 1. new features after feature freeze? > > Most significantly, the separate icon set. While everyone is looking > forward to having this small feature, it's still kinda offending the term > feature "freeze". > On the issue of the new icon set, we explicitly waited for feature freeze before starting this work specifically to allow our design team the full menu list and feature set that needed icons. I expect future explicit icon cleanup to follow the same pattern. > 3. Development iteration... > > Currently KiCad will push big version leaps for all the features > developers add into it. I know it's got reasons (difficulty of maintaining > two branches, plugin API consistency) but a big leap requires a LONG wait. > For OSS users this might not be a big problem but in Chinese community > there are companies that use KiCad as alternatives. > KiCad is still, primarily, community-driven. We are working toward supporting a full-time development team but this requires the business users of KiCad--who depend on its development for their livelihoods--to step up and support the development team. If any companies are interested in discussing how they can help speed up development times, my phone number and contact information are listed below. Regards- Seth -- [image: KiCad Services Corporation Logo] Seth Hillbrand *Lead Developer* +1-530-302-5483 Long Beach, CA www.kipro-pcb.com i...@kipro-pcb.com
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