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[Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>]

Legacy isn't ditched yet because it's not ready to be ditched yet. You're
welcome to help contribute to all the work that needs to be done before that
can happen.

Don't know about the Windows graphics stuff, but I'm sure the people who do
have considered this.

You'd rather we wait a long time and then release a ton of changes at once,
rather than release often? You're probably the only one who'd say that.
"Release infrequently with massive changes" is a terrible release plan. See
[1], [2], etc.

[1] http://www.catb.org/esr/writings/homesteading/cathedral-bazaar/ar01s04.html
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Release_early,_release_often

On Thu, Jun 09, 2016 at 08:52:19PM +0200, Timofonic wrote:
> I'm just a bad user but... 
> 
> Why isn't Legacy canvas ditched in the development branch and focus efforts in the GAL one exclusively? 
> 
> What about OpenGL and slow in certain platforms? What OpenGL version is KiCad using currently? I fail to see it. Damn, even MESA is getting OpenGL 4.3+ too. Can newer OpenGL features provide performance improvements too? 
> 
> Windows Intel graphics are known to have an awful OpenGL implementation. Would using a OGL->D3D wrapper be an issue? 
> 
> Would using a library like BGFX be an issue? Can the switch traits lots of coding and rewriting?
> 
> What are the issues to massively remove all the cruft in KiCad code and develop by thinking in the future? 
> 
> What's going to happen with KiCad 5.0? Personally, I would prefer a new one with massive usability, performance and feature improvements than another small one if that slows the progress to make KiCad a lot better EDA tool for the future. 
> 
> On June 7, 2016 5:31:32 PM CEST, "Nick Østergaard" <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >I am looking forward to "better" things :)
> >
> >2016-06-07 17:12 GMT+02:00 Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>:
> >> Heh :)
> >>
> >> I'm working on the replacement feature. There is definitely a strong
> >argument
> >> in favor of writing the replacement before removing the original, so
> >I'm going
> >> to do that. Could be a couple days, I have to spread it out with Real
> >Work now.
> >> I promise it'll be better than what we had :)
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jun 07, 2016 at 05:08:29PM +0200, Marco Ciampa wrote:
> >>> On Tue, Jun 07, 2016 at 10:20:56AM -0400, Chris Pavlina wrote:
> >>> > Also, I really feel like I should point out - it's not feasible to
> >gather user
> >>> > input for _every change_. That's how we got to the point we're at,
> >really -
> >>> > lots of "this would be useful for _me_", so it gets thrown in, and
> >then we have
> >>> > a hodgepodge of incoherent "features" each used by one person too
> >fond of it to
> >>> > remove it.
> >>> >
> >>>
> >>> Sorry, couldn't resist: https://xkcd.com/1172/
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Marco Ciampa
> >>>
> >>> I know a joke about UDP, but you might not get it.
> >>>
> >>> ------------------------
> >>>
> >>>  GNU/Linux User #78271
> >>>  FSFE fellow #364
> >>>
> >>> ------------------------
> >>>
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