Re: gEDA-user: next PCB release - 1.99za vs 4.0

[John Doty <jpd@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sep 8, 2010, at 7:47 AM, David C. Kerber wrote:

> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:geda-user-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Doty
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 9:07 PM
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>> Subject: Re: gEDA-user: next PCB release - 1.99za vs 4.0
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>> 
>> On Sep 7, 2010, at 6:50 PM, DJ Delorie wrote:
>> 
>>> But any design that requires you to edit files behind pcb's 
>> back, is bad.
>> 
>> You're not thinking "flexible toolkit". You're thinking 
>> "inflexible integrated tool".
> 
> He said "requires", not "allows".  Big difference.

Yes, but if you read the previous message, DJ assumed that "allows" meant "requires". It's what Gell-Mann called the "Totalitarian Principle" (Everything not forbidden is compulsory). That is, of course, opposed to the flexible toolkit approach.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
http://www.noqsi.com/
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