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[Oliver Walters <oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx>]

I really like this idea. Removing terms only really known to developers
(Cairo, GAL) and naming them based on their *function* would be a huge
improvement especially for newer users who have yet to get used to
KiCAD-particular names.

On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 9:57 AM, Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>
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.
>
> 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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