20 Feb
2017
20 Feb
'17
3:39 p.m.
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
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Am 20.02.2017 um 15:53 schrieb Peter Coghlan
<cctalk at 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.