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pcb-rnd motivation
- Phase 1: At the beginning...
+ 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
IRC and the mailing lists for a while. However, it didn't work out well,
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^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
+ 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:
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plans for a set of smallish features that can be implemented in a weekend or two each.
- Phase 3: community requested features
+ 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.
+