I'm not getting these emails that JP is replying to that seem to be addressing me...
On Thu, Feb 02, 2017 at 07:54:02PM +0100, jp charras wrote: > Le 02/02/2017 à 19:13, Pedro Martin a écrit : > > Hi Chris, > > > > Beginners solve this issue... reading the manual. That's not the point. Silly quirks like these give a bad first impression. They make people look at our software and think it's unprofessional and poorly put together, and then they go use other software. > > > > Why not keep the actual names only because JP named them this way? Why not keep the software originally exactly as JP wrote it in the beginning? > > > > Regards, > > Pedro. > > > > Thanks Pedro. > But the major issue which must be taken in account it not that. > > Changing names has serious results: > * Documentation and all the translations has to be modified. > Opinion was asked to devs, to users, but not to doc writers/translators,and > this is really not fair. > * Links on Internet cannot be modified, and there are a lot of hits regarding > kicad: > I really agree Cvpcb is not a good name, but just try "Cvpcb" on Google . > > Before changing these names you have to *seriously* think to the results. > (Think about that not only twice, but 3 times about that) I don't think "it's hard for us" should ever be a reason not to improve the software, only a reason for where it goes in the set of priorities. > > -- > Jean-Pierre CHARRAS > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
