Lei Zheng (realthunder) talk about the future of freecad, among other things

[bernd]

Lacking feature is not the problem. Waiting 3 months for a commit is really not a good sign.

It does look like bernd has slowed down since the end of last year. Maybe a need to manage life/family vs work vs FreeCAD ?

This is something we all have to manage all the time ... Especially if development takes place in spare time and if there a children around ... And if there is as much snow outside as there has not been there for years ...

[bernd]

but the snow has gone already ... that was four weeks ago in Zürich.

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[bernd]

I don't think FEM WB going well. Also took too long to get a merge.

Things can be improved, and after having tried it I agree it is lacking many needed features. But if you look at the commit activity it is doing very well:
https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=54922

take into account I am a commit history freak. I like a clean history which can be rebased easily. Furthermore I really like pep8 formatted code. But yes FEM has involved.

[bernd]

... and after having tried it I agree it is lacking many needed features. ...

I agree on this too. But my glass is half full not half emty . Thus FEM has a lot of great features and it is possible to make FEM analysis with FreeCAD FEM. Years ago this was just not possible.

Sorry for totally being offtopic.

[davidosterberg]

... and after having tried it I agree it is lacking many needed features. ...

I agree on this too. But my glass is half full not half emty . Thus FEM has a lot of great features and it is possible to make FEM analysis with FreeCAD FEM. Years ago this was just not possible.

I did not mean my statement as a criticism at all. On the contrary. No complex program can be mature for the start, nothing wrong with that. My point was that FEM is arguably developing at the fastest rate of all the workbenches. Good job!

[bernd]

never mind. I did not understand it as criticism either. Just wanted to give M2C anyway.

[johnwang]

I don't think FEM WB going well. Also took too long to get a merge.

Things can be improved, and after having tried it I agree it is lacking many needed features. But if you look at the commit activity it is doing very well:
https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=54922

IMHO stability is more important than features, thus some code needs a bit longer to merge especially if there is no unit test. Unfortunally most devs do some new feature but do not make a unit test. Later they do not maintain the code they have contributed. Eventually it is me who maintains the code. Without a unit test or any example at all this is cumbersome. Thus in FEM we have set up examples in the last GSoC to improve the situation. Thus I ask on any new feature if there are examples and if it is possible to implement a unit test.

Yes, maintain is a big job. Also, documentation.