The heat gets bumped up for multiple reports or when people click “this bug affects me too”.
Patch uploaded. https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1708869 <https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1708869> (The duplicate: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1503679 <https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1503679> ) Cheers, Jeff. > On 9 Jan 2018, at 16:06, Wayne Stambaugh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey Jeff, > > I'm not sure what a heat of 22 even means? I don't see any comments or > suggestions in the bug report where lots of devs and/or users gave it a > big thumbs up. I'm talking about getting some input on the concept and > testing on a patch from other devs and users. I can't remember, did you > supply a patch for this? I don't see one on the bug report. I need to > review and test it at a minimum. > > Cheers, > > Wayne > > On 1/9/2018 10:39 AM, Jeff Young wrote: >> Hi Wayne, >> >> Well, the bug has a heat of 22, so it’s definitely not just me. ;) >> >> My change doesn’t alter the dragging or selecting behaviour. All it >> does is keep an extraneous “Clarify Selection” menu from coming up >> (which I think all our users would consider a bug). What we currently >> do in these situations is akin to popping up a “Clarify Selection” menu >> with one item in it every time you click on a unambiguous item. >> >> In the corner case all my change does is prevent us from asking: do you >> want to drag the corner of a and b, or do you want to drag the corner of >> b and a, when in fact the two have identical semantics). Everything >> after the menu (no matter which item you click) is exactly the same. >> >> Same with U and I. My change has no effect on what is selected, it just >> keeps us from asking: do you want to select the trivial connection >> containing a or do you want to select the trivial connection containing >> b, when in fact both a and b are on the /same/ trivial connection. >> Again, everything after the menu (no matter which item you click) is >> exactly the same. >> >> Cheers, >> Jeff. >> >>> On 9 Jan 2018, at 15:27, Wayne Stambaugh <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: >>> >>> Jeff, >>> >>> Have actually confirmed that this is the desired behavior for this >>> outside of you own objectives? I'm not saying that this is or isn't a >>> good idea but I personally don't drag trace corners around so I'm not >>> sure what the appropriate behavior should be. You should get comments >>> from the dev list and users before you make a change like this. As far >>> as pushing this to the dev repo, if it's not too invasive I will >>> consider it. If it is a large change set, I would prefer that we hold >>> off until after the stable release. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Wayne >>> >>> On 1/8/2018 5:49 AM, Jeff Young wrote: >>>> Wayne, if I could get you to don that old project manager’s hat one >>>> more time: >>>> >>>> If we’re still weeks out from declaring an RC, I wanted to make one >>>> more plug for getting rid of the Clarify Selection dialog when >>>> dragging corners or using ‘U’ or ‘I’ over a corner[1]. >>>> >>>> While it’s marked Wishlist, it seriously impacts productivity when >>>> editing tracks, and I think most users would consider it a bug >>>> (particularly in the corner case when dragging the corner is clearly >>>> moving both the tracks listed in the Clarify Selection menu). >>>> >>>> I’ve been running the patch for about a week now with no issues. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Jeff. >>>> >>>> [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1708869 >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>> <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> >>>> Post to : [email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]> >>>> <mailto:[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> >>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>> <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>> <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> >>> Post to : [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]> >>> <mailto:[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp>
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