Hi,
Is the padstack task involves the gschem like footprint placement? I mean include only the reference of the footprint, but the whole data. On Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:54:03 -0500 (EST) Stuart Brorson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello -- > > I have some interesting news involving the gEDA Project. Via Ales, > the gEDA project was approached by the Linux Fund, who are interested > in possibly arranging financial support for further development of > gEDA tools! The Linux Fund is a non-profit organization dedicated to > helping Free Software projects get any resources they might need to > help push them along. Here's the project website: > > http://www.linuxfund.org/ > > The Linux Fund typically sponsors a single developer to work on a > project within the context of a written contract and a fixed budget. > The contract is written to include a "statement of work" (SOW) with > milestones to meet, which is typical for consulting contracts. The > developer chosen is generally one of the core developers of a > project, who has already demonstrated familiarity with the codebase, > has made CVS commits in the past, and has done consulting work in the > past. > > One area for improvement identified by the Linux Fund was our layout > editor, PCB. We had a long conversation about the gEDA project's > goals with the LF representative, and we agreed that upgrading PCB > would provide the greatest impact to the gEDA Project in terms of > helping our user community, and making the gEDA Suite more attractive > to potential new users. > > Therefore, we all agreed to move forward in the following way: > > 1. We would craft a preliminary SOW and put it in a public place for > review by the gEDA community. I have written that SOW, and put it on > the gEDA wiki here: > > http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:pcb_funding_sow > > 2. Both the gEDA community and the Linux Fund would review and > comment on the SOW. > > 3. If the Linux Fund likes it, they may opt to fund the project > defined in the SOW. Then, any developer who wants to work on the > project can contact the Linux Fund and apply to do the work. Note > that the LF generally wants to fund a developer who is already > associated with the project, knows the codebase, and has a history of > CVS commits which prove his eligability [1]. > > 4. The Linux Fund and the gEDA Project will work together to select > the best qualified developer from among those who apply. If you meet > the above criteria, and you want to work on this project, then > *please* apply! > > 5. The selected developer will negotiate terms and consulting rates > with the LF, and then sign a contract with them to do the > work. Then he'll get to work! > > Therefore, please take a look at the SOW which I have put on the > wiki, and offer your comments and suggestions. Since it's on the > wiki, feel free to edit it as you see fit. If you don't have a wiki > account, go ahead and post your thoughts to geda-dev. > > Finally, if you're a developer who wants to do the work, contact me > privately (sdb (AT) cloud9 (DOT) net) and I will put you in touch with > the LF guy. > > Cheers, > > Stuart > > > [1] FWIW, I am not on the list of developers to do this work. My > role is to help organize this project, write the SOW, and then get > out of the way. > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-dev mailing list > geda-dev@moria.seul.org > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-dev > -- Levente Kovacs http://logonex.eu _______________________________________________ geda-dev mailing list geda-dev@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-dev
