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Re: [PATCH] Skip redundant repetition of component name in component chooser

 

Indeed!  In fact my couple of beer suggestion is sounding like a pretty
good idea right about now. :)

On 6/26/2015 3:11 PM, Adam Wolf wrote:
> Not only does no good deed go unpunished, every change breaks someone's
> workflow :)
> 
> https://xkcd.com/1172/
> 
> Adam Wolf
> Cofounder and Engineer
> W&L
> 
> On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 2:09 PM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>     On 6/26/2015 2:59 PM, Vesa Solonen wrote:
>     > 26/06/15, 21:54, Adam Wolf kirjoitti:
>     >> I think it is unfortunate that a request to the library maintainers
>     >> requested by Wayne is responded to with a one line dismissal of:
>     >>
>     >> "You know my opinion and it is immutable. Sorry."
>     >>
>     >> Adam Wolf
>     >> Cofounder and Engineer
>     >> W&L
>     >>
>     >> On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 11:08 AM, Henner Zeller <h.zeller@xxxxxxx <mailto:h.zeller@xxxxxxx>
>     >> <mailto:h.zeller@xxxxxxx <mailto:h.zeller@xxxxxxx>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >>     ... Looks like library maintainers don't like it; see thread here:
>     >>     https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-library/pull/231
>     >>
>     >>     -h
>     >
>     > Give it two days to sink in. Friday evenings may not be the best time
>     > either... ;)
>     >
>     > -Vesa
>     >
> 
>     Two days and a couple of beers. :)
> 
>     I'm going to avoid a pissing contest at this juncture in order to focus
>     on the stable release.  I understand where Kerusey's frustration is
>     coming from.  No one wants to see their efforts removed from the project
>     but his response is not in the best interest of the project even if he
>     is correct.  Henner, could you rework your patch to include a checkbox
>     to hide the redundant description field information in your component
>     search dialog.  Please make the default setting disabled so no one has a
>     stroke.  No good deed goes unpunished.  Sighhhh!
> 
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