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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/9/2015 1:49 PM, Nick Østergaard wrote:
> 2015-11-09 9:49 GMT+01:00 Tomasz Wlostowski <tomasz.wlostowski@xxxxxxx>:
>> On 08.11.2015 22:43, Bernhard Stegmaier wrote:
>>> is there any roadmap/plan for how to go on with the three canvases in pcbnew after the stable release?
>>
>> Hi Bernhard,
>>
>> Yes, there is a plan. In short:
>> - Port the remaining features of the "legacy" canvas such as component
>> auto-placement or delete-track-while-routing to the GAL. We'll
>> appreciate any help with assembling a list of features still missing in
>> the GAL canvases.
> 
> There are some bugs that mention missing ports of some tools. Should
> we start to tag bug reports with a new tag to distinguis/find them
> easily? And then we can add new bugs with that tag to compose this
> list of features still missing in the GAL canvases? Tag suggestion:
> missing-tool   or others?

missing-gal-tool?  Makes sense to me.  This way they can be tagged as
fixed as they are implemented.

> 
>> - Improve the speed of the Cairo renderer so it's fast enough at least
>> for an Arduino-sized board.
>> - Drop the legacy canvas before the next stable release.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Tom
>>
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