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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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
