gEDA-dev: Introducing myself

[Newell Jensen]

On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 8:25 PM, Newell Jensen <pillar2012 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> In my opinion, the projects with highest priority are the ones
> > that address obvious reasons people don't use gEDA.
> >
> > With this in mind, I think the translators are the highest
> > priority.  The need to hack files to move between our own tools
> > is a big turn-off.  An overall project manager is important
> > too, but experienced users don't mind (or actually like)
> > separate tools.  A GUI won't do any good if the file
> > translation isn't complete.  We should be able to use the same
> > schematic for simulation and PC board.
>
>
> Could the rest of the developers comment on this.
>
> I ask because I can code in C/C++ and if there is work that is *More*important for the project I could propose to do something else.  I am
> comfortable with separate tools so I totally understand.  The reason that I
> proposed to work on the Project Manager is because I currently make GUIs at
> work so I have a fairly good understanding of all the details that are
> involved in making one work.
>
>
>
Just to clarify, I still want to do the Project Manager for the gEDA Suite.
I think this is important for beginning (especially if new to linux) users
as it will tie everything together (most of it hopefully).  However, just
because I feel strongly about this doesn't mean that this is the most
economical or needed thing for gEDA, especially considering that I am new to
the list and the tool suite in general.


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> >
> > This year, I would like to see us concentrate on making the
> > system work as a system, while keeping the flexibility of the
> > separate tools.
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