On 6/22/2015 9:33 AM, Mário Luzeiro wrote: > Hi, > > My opinions / ideas about this: > I prefer that non-source code stuff could move out from the source code > repository. > Unless it is for example a test data (test board) to validate and test the > development. > I see right now the demos/ folder is almost 8MB of data. > > I am not sure about to add this demos to a release package, but I may prefer > or think that it would be amazing if this type of things could be keep online > in the appropriate webpage that users can find it easily and try it. > Example: a demos page that anyone (from kicad dev) can update the demos and > the page to work as online show off and that people can download whatever > they way. > Otherway, I believe adding this demos to a package (with all 3D and stuff)... > will start to increase a lot the package size. > > Other idea but now easily possible would be to add a "welcome" tab in Kicad > where people can get some examples to play with.. but again, as a user I dont > like it much and I prefer a clean and tight software..
I share your views on source code. I think moving the demos out of the source is a good idea. Although it likely would not happen until after the stable release. We could add a demos and samples section to kicad-pcb.org and add link to the about dialog. As long as we are not violating any licensing issues, I see no reason not to add more high quality projects to kicad-pcb.org. > > My2cents! > Mario Luzeiro > > ________________________________________ > From: Kicad-developers > [[email protected]] on behalf of > Marcos Chaparro [[email protected]] > Sent: 22 June 2015 06:16 > To: KiCad Developers > Subject: [Kicad-developers] Include open source boards as demo projects? > > Hi, > A moment ago I had the idea of include open source projects in the demos/ > directory. > > There are enough high quality open source projects out there, most of them > would be happy to be included in kicad, its a way for them to get closer to > the community. It is also a way for kicad to get closer to that community. > > We were going to include just screenshots of these projects in the web > page, maybe its a good chance to get that a bit further and let new users > open what they see in the webpage. > > I could get in contact with some hw developers to ask them if they want to > be included in kicad, but its up to you guys to decide wether this is > a,good idea or not. > > Here are some screenshots of what we could gather from the internet so you > can see the actual status. As you can see, most of them would need some 3D > models and some revew to check if its well designed. > > Unertooth > [image: Inline image 1] > HackRF > [image: Inline image 3] > VESC with walter's 3D models > [image: Inline image 4] > Saturn > [image: Inline image 2] > Rusefi > > > Is this a good idea for the release? > > > Marcos > _______________________________________________ > 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
