gEDA-dev: [Re: is all EDA as bad as gEDA/pcb?]

[DJ Delorie]

> 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.