Re: For those struggling with migration to KiCAD

From: silverdr_at_wfmh.org.pl
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2018 14:20:59 +0200
Message-Id: <E576949D-826E-4964-BCFD-450FF30A27DD@wfmh.org.pl>
> On 2018-03-25, at 13:54, silverdr@wfmh.org.pl wrote:
> 
>>> - True, there are inconsistencies in EAGLE too but KiCAD looks like
>>> there is a huge pile of legacy stuff behind it and there is no
>>> dictator who would tell everyone to just forget the legacy and order
>>> the devs to bring consistency between various subprograms of the
>>> suite. Some things work differently in eeschema, in pcbnew, in
>>> footprint editor, in symbol editor, etc., etc. Yes, you learn those
>>> things eventually but you shouldn't have to, IMO. I tend to blame it
>>> at least in sizeable part on "democratic" process of Free Software
>>> development.
>> 
>> Maybe this is something that will be sorted out eventually?
> 
> Maybe. IMHO it requires someone like Linus who has the ultimate last word and who says upfront things like "don't waste time doing this or that" while having his priorities well aligned.

It reminded me. Right now it looks more like:

https://xkcd.com/1172/

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Received on 2018-03-25 15:00:03

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