Thanks, Peter! Here it's way not as bad as on the Linux Kernel mailing list... I once came up with some nice additions to the ftdi usb serial driver. Reaction was something like "Do it right! Now!" The "right" was only a question how the thing should be controlled from the system's perspective. I only added functionality and a simple sysfs interface. But that was not enough. They wanted it to be attached to the GPIO framework (which I still consider unsuitable for the issue). Instead of taking my changes and staying with the wish that there should be even more stuff added, it was refused and I lost interest in upstreaming my mega-speed patch.
But I will produce my board (again). Withe xc9572xl and Eagle and without Arduino. Whoever wants a different board, can make/derive one afterwards. Kind regards Philipp -- Dipl.-Inf. (FH) Philipp Hachtmann Buchdruck, Bleisatz, Spezialitäten Alemannstr. 21, D-30165 Hannover Tel. 0511/3522222, Mobil 0171/2632239 Fax. 0511/3500439 phil...@hachtmann.com www.tiegeldruck.de UStdID DE 202668329 > Am 20.02.2017 um 15:53 schrieb Peter Coghlan <cct...@beyondthepale.ie>: > > Philipp wrote: >> >> I am so sorry that I use Eagle! >> >> Please let us stop this discussion. It's just a tool. And KiCAD is another >> tool. I currently use Eagle and that's it. >> > > I'm with Philipp on this. > > Every time someone posts to the list to offer some piece of hardware they > are developing, our response is "You're doing it wrong. Do it this way > instead.". Then there follows a long and useless debate, quite tangential > to classic computing, which often ends up with the project getting delayed > or shelved, possibly because of the added hassle for the person doing the > work. > > When someone comes offering something like this, couldn't we just accept > that whoever is doing the work has already put some thought into it and > has good reasons for the options they are going with? If they post > looking for suggestions, they are looking for suggestions, not looking > for someone to convert them to a different religeon. > > We could just be thankful that someone is willing to put the effort into > doing something like this and make an effort to make things as easy as > possible for them. > > If anyone doesn't like what is on offer, they are free to put the work > into creating what they believe would be a better project but not to > hold up what has already begun. > Regards, > Peter Coghlan.
