2016-06-09 20:52 GMT+02:00 Timofonic <[email protected]>: > I'm just a bad user but... > > Why isn't Legacy canvas ditched in the development branch and focus efforts > in the GAL one exclusively?
I think you follow the list enough to know why this is. :) > What about OpenGL and slow in certain platforms? What OpenGL version is KiCad > using currently? I fail to see it. Damn, even MESA is getting OpenGL 4.3+ > too. Can newer OpenGL features provide performance improvements too? > > Windows Intel graphics are known to have an awful OpenGL implementation. > Would using a OGL->D3D wrapper be an issue? > > Would using a library like BGFX be an issue? Can the switch traits lots of > coding and rewriting? > > What are the issues to massively remove all the cruft in KiCad code and > develop by thinking in the future? > > What's going to happen with KiCad 5.0? Personally, I would prefer a new one > with massive usability, performance and feature improvements than another > small one if that slows the progress to make KiCad a lot better EDA tool for > the future. > Things takes time. > On June 7, 2016 5:31:32 PM CEST, "Nick Østergaard" <[email protected]> wrote: >>I am looking forward to "better" things :) >> >>2016-06-07 17:12 GMT+02:00 Chris Pavlina <[email protected]>: >>> Heh :) >>> >>> I'm working on the replacement feature. There is definitely a strong >>argument >>> in favor of writing the replacement before removing the original, so >>I'm going >>> to do that. Could be a couple days, I have to spread it out with Real >>Work now. >>> I promise it'll be better than what we had :) >>> >>> On Tue, Jun 07, 2016 at 05:08:29PM +0200, Marco Ciampa wrote: >>>> On Tue, Jun 07, 2016 at 10:20:56AM -0400, Chris Pavlina wrote: >>>> > Also, I really feel like I should point out - it's not feasible to >>gather user >>>> > input for _every change_. That's how we got to the point we're at, >>really - >>>> > lots of "this would be useful for _me_", so it gets thrown in, and >>then we have >>>> > a hodgepodge of incoherent "features" each used by one person too >>fond of it to >>>> > remove it. >>>> > >>>> >>>> Sorry, couldn't resist: https://xkcd.com/1172/ >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>>> Marco Ciampa >>>> >>>> I know a joke about UDP, but you might not get it. >>>> >>>> ------------------------ >>>> >>>> GNU/Linux User #78271 >>>> FSFE fellow #364 >>>> >>>> ------------------------ >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>> Post to : [email protected] >>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> Post to : [email protected] >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>Post to : [email protected] >>Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > -- > Enviado desde mi dispositivo Android con K-9 Mail. Por favor disculpa mi > brevedad. > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
