On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 12:32:47PM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: > > > Aren't you afraid this will turn into one-man show? > > YES! And I'm afraid I'll be the one man again... > > > Yes, yes. And then branch from that branch, and then again. Why is > > the master branch needed then? > > Releases always come from branches. Part of doing a release is > choosing where to branch from. If a point in the past is the best > point, then it's the best point. Make a branch, stabilize it, release > it, then go back to working on master. > > Master exists to be where all the work comes together. That implies > that it will be in constant churn. Expecting master to always be > "releasable" only works if nobody ever changes it. Thank you, DJ. Your words are balsam for my soul :)
> > > And why do you resist of moving pcb onto xorn? > > I don't resist it per se, I just point out that there are > complications because pcb's file format has issues that gschem's > format doesn't. I.e. the timing is bad because we're trying to figure > out what to do about the file format, and adding xorn now would either > be a lot of wasted effort or the solution to our problems. Making > sure we take the right path is important here. :) > > > Look, I worked on it for half a year, and had a progress. Then my plan > > was to make an unstable release and let Windows users see it, then a > > bug-fix release, to have a bit more stable version. Now, when geda-gaf > > builds also without problems on *BSD, it would be the most appropriate > > moment. But you move in an experimental stuff, making things to be in > > flux again, and drive me into a corner. > > That sounds like a wonderful plan but I don't recall hearing about it > before this. Granted, my memory's not that great, but if it was a > major issue in the gaf world it should have been near the top of > everyone's mind. I have been quiet waiting and hoping someone will reply to my request about a new release. Yes, I've never said this before. Sadly, but when I have been going to say, everything changed. Thank you for your reply :) Vladimir -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~geda-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~geda-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
