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
<mailto: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
<mailto: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
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