kicad-developers team mailing list archive

[Marcos Chaparro <nitrousnrg@xxxxxxxxx>]

+1 to changing the names. Every time I show kicad for the first time to
someone there is an odd silence when they find out the names. Then I try to
explain that those are "just names".
Please, any name you guys chose will be better  than cvpcb and pcbnew. I
liked more Chris' suggestions.



Marcos

On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 4:28 PM, Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Can I just copy all this and claim I wrote it? It sounds good ;)
>
> On Feb 2, 2017 2:11 PM, "Jon Evans" <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> As a mostly user and occasional code hacker, here are my thoughts:
>>
>> The EDA tool industry is trending towards more integration, as many of
>> the commercial products were originally formed from separate applications
>> (often from separate companies originally).  I have used a number of
>> commercial products and they are all this way. Having separate applications
>> with separate lineage makes for less-than-optimal usability and workflow,
>> and so all the vendors are trying to move towards integration -- either by
>> putting everything in a single binary, or more often, keeping multiple
>> binaries, but branding them together, making sure the UIs look consistent,
>> and having lots of integration between them so it doesn't feel like a
>> struggle to go between the different binaries for different parts of the
>> EDA workflow.
>>
>> So, I'm in favor of rebranding the KiCad applications, because I think
>> it's in line with the work you all are doing to improve the user workflow
>> and improve the integration between the schematic, layout, and library
>> workflows.  I also think it would be good to include the name change in a
>> "marketing message" to the user community about a focus on the whole EDA
>> workflow, not separate applications in silos.  Even if you technically can
>> run the schematic editor separate from the PCB layout tool, if you have the
>> *mindset* that they are all pieces of the same puzzle and need to fit
>> together, it can influence the philosophy of the project.
>>
>> But, as JP mentioned, this would be a big deal in terms of documentation
>> and resources on the web.  I would suggest that the problems can be
>> overcome, but only if the communications and timing of the change is
>> handled well.
>>
>> -Jon
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 1:54 PM, jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Le 02/02/2017 à 19:13, Pedro Martin a écrit :
>>> > Hi Chris,
>>> >
>>> > Beginners solve this issue... reading the manual.
>>> >
>>> > Why not keep the actual names only because JP named them this way?
>>> >
>>> > Regards,
>>> > Pedro.
>>> >
>>>
>>> Thanks Pedro.
>>> But the major issue which must be taken in account it not that.
>>>
>>> Changing names has serious results:
>>> * Documentation and all the translations has to be modified.
>>> Opinion was asked to devs, to users, but not to doc
>>> writers/translators,and this is really not fair.
>>> * Links on Internet cannot be modified, and there are a lot of hits
>>> regarding kicad:
>>> I really agree Cvpcb is not a good name, but just try "Cvpcb" on Google .
>>>
>>> Before changing these names you have to  *seriously* think to the
>>> results.
>>> (Think about that not only twice, but 3 times about that)
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jean-Pierre CHARRAS
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers
>>> Post to     : kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers
>>> More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
>>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers
>> Post to     : kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers
>> More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
>>
>>
> _______________________________________________
> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers
> Post to     : kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers
> More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
>
>