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[Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>]

I mean features we _need_ in GAL, not just things legacy has that GAL doesn't.
Some of those things don't need to be in legacy either. I don't see any need
for the Global Spread and Place menu in the future - the autorouter is garbage,
and we don't dump all the parts in a big pile anymore. What do you still need
out of it?

As for a grid menu...why? You can still change the grid by hotkey or by the
menu in the toolbar. Though if we really want it I suppose I could add it...

On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 09:26:59PM +0200, easyw wrote:
> there are two missing features I noticed:
> 1) contextual 'Grid Select' menu to change Grid size while routing
> 2) Global Spread and Place menu
> 
> Maurice
> 
> 
> On 16/06/2016 03.30, Chris Pavlina wrote:
> >Other than a decently efficient fallback backend for systems that can't handle
> >OpenGL+GAL, do we have an official list of things we need to be implemented in
> >GAL before legacy can be taken out? I really want to keep working on the UI
> >cleanup, but having dual canvases is quite the roadblock to doing that
> >correctly. So far I've been handling the easy bits (legacy things that can be
> >taken out to achieve parity with GAL), but I'd like to contribute some time to
> >adding the missing bits to GAL.
> >