Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 05:41:07 -0400
From: Steve Litt <slitt troubleshooters com>
Subject: Re: Migration of dia-list to GNOME Discourse instance
In the 20 years I've used dia, Inkscape has been playing catch-up, and
Inkscape still has a perfectly functional mailing list. I've always
needed to convert dia to Inkscape before making a real graphic, so,
well, if the mailing list is taken away, maybe I'll just find non-dia
ways to make block diagrams and network diagrams.
Dia and Inkscape have different target audiences in mind. On the other hand, Inkscape is good for "polishing" Dia diagrams for publication. While Inkscape does have a basic "connector line" feature, it's not playing catch-up with Dia. Dia, while very technically capable, producing clean, presentation quality output is not one of its strong points. I use both and like them both for their target uses.
