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[Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, May 02, 2016 at 05:29:06PM +0200, Maciej Sumiński wrote:
> Now we plan to fill the remaining gaps between the legacy and GAL
> canvases. I think it is a good opportunity to either improve or remove
> certain tools, therefore I am asking for your input.
> 
> What do you think about porting the following features? Do you find them
> useful, maybe would you change them somehow?
> 
> - autorouter

I say kill it. The one in pcbnew is utterly useless. I assume we can keep the
integration with external autorouter?

> - microwave tools

I don't see them being useful in the current implementation and I doubt they
get any use. I have not once heard anybody talking about using them, only about
how they wish they could if only they were better... I'd like to see some
microwave tools in GAL, but I think making a simple port of what we have now
is a waste of good developer time.

> - footprint/local ratsnest

Useful as is, I'd like to see this kept.

> - dragging footprints (i.e. moving footprints while keeping tracks
> connected)

This is a very popular request in the IRC channel, we'll make a lot of people
happy if we can implement this, possibly integrated with PNS? :)

> 
> Regards,
> Orson
>