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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 8/13/2014 6:23 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote:
> On 08/13/2014 03:43 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
>> On 8/13/2014 4:37 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote:
>>>
>>> Many changes were introduced in revision 5072.
>>>
>>> If you are happy with your current binaries, stay where you are until the pond settles.
>>>
>>> If you want to see if your known bugs are fixed, then take a look at it and that testing
>>> will be appreciated.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Dick
>>>
>>
>> I did some preliminary testing over the weekend and didn't see any
>> issues but my testing was limited to schematic editor.  I did not get a
>> chance to test the part library editor or viewer.  I've seen that you've
>> made a few changes since my initial testing so I don't if they effected
>> the testing I did.  I try doing some more extensive testing over next
>> few days with the latest and greatest code.  
> 
> Thank you very much.
> 
>> This was a lot of work.
> 
> 
> Towards the end I was liking KiCad source code less and less.  This idea that you make a
> screw driver with a hammer on the end of it was driving me nuts.  How about a screwdriver
> separate from a hammer?
> 
> Many many KiCad functions are simply too complicated, and needed to be split into 2,
> sometimes 3 or more.

You would have had a stroke if you looked at it before all of my
refactoring up work that I did during the first few years I was with the
project.  Almost all of the work I did on Eeschema (except for the find
dialog) was code refactoring and design simplification.  Even then, I
knew there was still plenty left to clean up.  This is some of the most
thankless work because the only people who really appreciate it are
other developers who can appreciate quality software design.  I know it
was difficult seeing the forest through the trees and underbrush that is
the Eeschema code.

> 
> 
> There are still some that I cannot understand even after reading the function header
> documentation.
> 
> This is highlighting the difference between a software architect and a programmer.
> 
> Simple functions crafted together to create a complex architecture that is easily
> understood is far better than complex functions crafted together to create a simple
> architecture which remains incomprehensible.
> 
> 
> No way I go through that torture without ranting.  Good thing there was no audio recording
> of it.

Trust me when I tell you that I had more than a few choice adjectives
when I was doing my refactoring.

> 
> We're near the end now.
> 
> 
> 
>> Thank you!
>>
>> Wayne
>>