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[Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>]

I suggested something related earlier. Here is what I would do:

- Merge OpenGL and Cairo!!! The average user doesn't know what a Cairo
  is, or what a GAL is. We're lucky if they know what an OpenGL is.
  OpenGL and Cairo should just be "Pcbnew", with a fallback from GL to
  Cairo if GL can't start and a "Disable hardware acceleration" option
  in the preferences to do it manually.

- Rename legacy/default to "Legacy Pcbnew", also make this an option in
  the preferences.

Both of these new options should default false.

On Wed, Feb 08, 2017 at 09:52:59AM +1100, Cirilo Bernardo wrote:
> Given the recent thread on making Legacy a build option and
> after a number of conversations with people familiar with the
> source code, it seems that a number of developers believe
> that the Legacy canvas code is really holding back a lot of
> improvements to the code structure. I would suggest that in
> the V5 release, each time pcbnew is started it should always
> default to GAL (or Cairo if someone is using a laptop from 2001).
> On top of that, each time a user decides to switch to the Legacy
> canvas I would throw up a nag screen to tell the user that the
> canvas they are selecting has been deprecated and will be
> removed in the next release and that the user should use the
> GAL canvas instead and report any missing or buggy tools
> via the bugtracker.
> 
> I think ripping out Legacy soon after release would be a good
> thing and will allow (some of us) to concentrate on improved
> modularity (and maintainability) of the code. Encouraging
> people to use GAL in V5 (while also discouraging them from
> using Legacy) should hopefully get us the bug reports we need
> to implement and polish up the GAL tools.
> 
> Any comments?
> 
> - Cirilo
> 
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