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pcb-rnd motivation

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Phase 3: community requested features (from 2016 onward)

+Overlapping phase 2 there is an ongoing + feature poll . If there +are enough active users/testers for a feature, it gets implemented in +phase 3. +

+There is a small, active, constructive community forming around pcb-rnd. Future +directions will be mainly set by their need. + +

Phase 2: major cleanups (2015..2016)

+In the first phase I was mostly implementing a set of small features and fixes. +As I got more familiar with the code base, I decided to bite the bullet and +do some refactoring: + +

+Plans for the future includes: +

+ +

Phase 1: At the beginning... (2013..2014)

I use PCB a lot on various computers. I used to try to join the mainstream development with small contribution (minor patches) and was active on @@ -79,34 +111,5 @@
  • ^1: this may have changed lately and pcb developers are more open to newcomers; there seems to be a shortage of developers tho, which still makes it slow to get bigger patches through -

    Phase 2: major cleanups (2015..2016)

    -In the first phase I was mostly implementing a set of small features and fixes. -As I got more familiar with the code base, I decided to bite the bullet and -do some refactoring: - -

    -Plans for the future includes: -

    - -

    Phase 3: community requested features (from 2016 onward)

    -Overlapping phase 2 there is an ongoing - feature poll . If there -are enough active users/testers for a feature, it gets implemented in -phase 3. -

    -There is a small, active, constructive community forming around pcb-rnd. Future -directions will be mainly set by their need.