DJ Delorie wrote: >> It very much feels like the active PCB developers can never be >> bothered to test whether their changes have broken the GTK HID -- >> presumably because they don't care. > > To be realistic, we have three active pcb maintainers. I *don't* care > about the GTK hid, other than to keep HID interface changes from > breaking it. I care a lot about the Lesstif HID, because I use it all > the time. Ben is just starting out with PCB development and seems to > be gravitating towards the complex core functions like the clipper. > Dan is the only one who does anything with the GTK hid, and he's busy > and can't put much time into it. Occasionally Harry or Peter Clifton > commit a patch. > > That's it. Three active developers. > > If you want the GTK hid to be as well maintained as the Lesstif HID, > you're going to have to find someone that cares about it as much as I > care about the Lesstif HID, and has the time and inclination to work > on it.
I made some fairly far reaching changes when I put in the user configurable menus in the gtk version. I asked for volunteers to help in testing becuase the reality is I'm not actually using any of the tools here much at the moment (way too busy with other things). I got two testers and worked through the issues from them. It would have really helped to have more. So what happens is a lot of code never gets really put through the works and really pushed hard until it is released as a snapshot. That said, I'd like to think that perhaps there will be a period of stability. Ben and DJ have fixed a bunch of bugs lately and there is at least one which I know of that I really need to fix. Really we could use more help though. If anyone cares to kidnap DJ and make several clones that would be a good start! -Dan _______________________________________________ geda-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-dev
