Homebrew PCBs

On Thu, 14 Nov 2013, Dylan Smith wrote:

> On 14/11/2013 07:12, DJ Delorie wrote:
>> Mitch Davis <mjd@...> writes:
>>> If you use gEDA, God help us all.
>> You'd probably get more customers if you don't insult their tools, too.
>>
> I don't really understand this hate on a tool (or those who use it),
> I've found gEDA very useful and without it I wouldn't have been able to
> produce half of the boards I have done. Sure, you have to invest more
> learning time than some of the commercial tools, but investing that time
> has its benefits (understanding the PCB file format which is plain text
> lends itself very handily to scripting certain processes). I really
> appreciate a tool that allows me - a hobbyist - to create 4 and 6 layer
> boards without costing multiple thousands which I can ill afford and at
> the same time having documented and open file formats.

I appreciate the efforts of the gEDA people, but I've begun to drift away 
from it.  What the project really needs is to work toward some sort of 
self-consistent standard for footprints and symbols.  Then have a major 
release and jettison the myriads of old formats.

-- 
David Griffith
dgriffi@...