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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

2016-06-09 20:52 GMT+02:00 Timofonic <timofonic@xxxxxxxxx>:
> 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?

I think you follow the list enough to know why this is. :)

> 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.
>

Things takes time.

> 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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