Thanks for the heads up Carl. Cheers,
Wayne On 4/30/2015 12:15 PM, Carl Poirier wrote: > HI folks, > > This is just to let you know the splitting and removal of the > special.lib happened minutes ago. Only a handful of parts have been > updated in the process and there should be no synchronization problem > between it and the footprint libraries. > > Have a great day, > > Carl > > On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 1:49 PM, Kerusey Karyu <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > Hi everyone. > > Let me express few words about changes in the symbol libraries. > > At the moment there are no major changes in the naming of the > current symbol library files. Together with GitHub users we added > and we are planning to add a few new ones. > > One library is provided for the liquidation in near future from the > current library set: 'special.lib', as it has become a kind of garbage > dump (IMO). The discussion is here: > https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-library/issues/153 > > Last year, only one library has been removed: 'microchip1.lib', as > I remember. > > > The biggest changes are taking place within the existing libraries. > The establishment of strict rules written in the KiCad Library > Convention document forces far-reaching changes in symbols > including also those in existing libraries. Refresh the older > schematics will unfortunately be *necessary*. Many existing symbols > were drawn without any rules. That's why they look the way they do. > > > We realize that such changes will be immediately negative commented > and might be refused by users, but unfortunately we have no choice. > Along with the improvement of the quality of KiCad as an EDA Tool > we have to go to improve the quality of libraries contained therein. > > > Best Regards > Kerusey Karyu > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
