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[Tomasz Wlostowski <tomasz.wlostowski@xxxxxxx>]

On 07.02.2017 23:57, Chris Pavlina wrote:
> 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.

Agreed!

In the meanwhile, I have to do the infamous drag component with traces
connected for the GAL... :/

Cheers,
Tom
> 
> 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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