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[Roland Lutz <rlutz@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 17 Sep 2015, Vladimir Zhbanov wrote:
> So you consider adding various rewrites of the programs we have using 
> various languages to be a progress?

Xorn isn't a rewrite of existing programs.  It consists of:

  libxornstorage - a new C library which helps managing objects in memory
  xorn.storage - Python bindings for libxornstorage
  xorn.geda - a subset of libgeda, ported to Python and refactored
  xorn.geda.netlist - the gnetlist code, ported to Python and refactored

There are good reasons to go that way, as I outlined on the geda-user 
list.

> Aren't you afraid this will turn into one-man show?

I hope it won't; that's part of the reason why I agreed to merge Xorn into 
mainline gEDA/gaf at an early point.

> > Branch from just before the xorn integration, then.  I think that
> > until we have a solid development schedule, we're going to have to
> > risk things happening "not when convenient".
>
> Yes, yes. And then branch from that branch, and then again. Why is the 
> master branch needed then?

Branching for a release is actually the way it's usually done, and there 
are good reasons for it.

> Now, when geda-gaf builds also without problems on *BSD, it would be the 
> most appropriate moment.  But you move in an experimental stuff, making 
> things to be in flux again, and drive me into a corner.

This is one of the good reasons.

On Thu, 17 Sep 2015, Vladimir Zhbanov wrote:
> the stuff they're working on will be thrown out

I'm checking in regular intervals for changes on gEDA/gaf master that 
touch the relevant parts and make sure thay are reflected in Xorn, so no, 
your work isn't thrown out.  This means I constantly have to keep the 
redundant code parts in sync, though, so I have an incentive to keep the 
code duplication low.

> and replaced with something 'more perfect' that nobody uses yet.

That's the natural state in which any code starts out.  I hope some more 
people will be using it now it's in mainline gEDA.

Roland