And, beyond my silly comments, thanks a lot for putting this road map together, we tend to give for granted this is something a PTL will do, but it’s hard work.
Thank you Wayne! Cheers, Miguel Ángel. > On 05 Feb 2016, at 10:10, Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo <[email protected]> wrote: > > For the Object Properties and Introspection, I think it could be useful to add > not only name/type/value but context/namespace (or equivalent) too. > > That could also be possible by using name as “<namespace>.<name>”. > > I’m specifically thinking, of how could we separate properties related to > different > things. For example, a parametric footprint derived from a footprint > generator could > have all it’s “footprint parameters” in the footprint namespace. > > * footprint-generator > - generator: PCB Antenna > - freq: 2.4GHz > - A: … > - B: …. > > > But, as I was saying, it could equally be: > > * footprint-generator.generator: PCB Antenna > * footprint-generator.freq: 2.4GHz > * footprint-generator.A: … > * footprint-generator:B: … > > > > > > >> On 05 Feb 2016, at 01:00, Wayne Stambaugh <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> I think this was originally meant to be a generic plugin object and >> plugin manager to be used as a base classes. I believe it was something >> I discussed with Tom a while back. It may or may not still be useful. >> I would be willing to bet most plugin managers and plugins have to do a >> lot of the same basic tasks for loading and unloading the plugins which >> could be unified in well designed base classes. It's the next level up >> that defines the actual plugin and plugin manager functionality. I >> agree with your assessment that a do it all plugin manager would be a >> bad idea. >> >> On 2/4/2016 4:18 PM, Cirilo Bernardo wrote: >>> For the section Dynamic Library Plugin, what is described would >>> not be a reasonable implementation. We cannot have a "do it all" >>> plugin - that would result in unnecessary complexity and also couple >>> code which should not be coupled. Perhaps we need a more refined >>> description of what people would like to do with these plugins? >>> >>> I have already created a simple plugin framework and a 3D Plugin >>> class which is responsible for loading and creating rendering data >>> for the 3D viewer. Next on my list is to develop a PCB Plugin which >>> can perform I/O on a BOARD class - this involves creating a >>> PCB Plugin API and a pcbnew API. The pcbnew API can be used >>> for just about anything - re-implement Python scripting interface, >>> implement various MCAD/ECAD Import/Export etc. >>> >>> - Cirilo >>> >>> On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 3:04 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]> >>> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: >>> >>> I committed the release 5 road map yesterday and the developers >>> documentation[1] on the KiCad website has be updated. Please take a >>> look at it when you get a chance and let me know if you find anything I >>> missed that we discussed for the current development cycle or if you >>> find any errors. It's pretty ambitious already so I don't know if we >>> should be adding too much to it. If you find something in there that >>> interests you and you're willing to work on itplease let the dev team >>> know so we are not all working on the same thing. As of right now, I've >>> assigned myself the schematic object refactor (in progress), I/O >>> manager, and new schematic and component library file formats tasks. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Wayne >>> >>> [1] >>> >>> http://ci.kicad-pcb.org/job/kicad-doxygen/ws/Documentation/doxygen/html/v5_road_map.html >>> >>> <http://ci.kicad-pcb.org/job/kicad-doxygen/ws/Documentation/doxygen/html/v5_road_map.html> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> >>> Post to : [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]> >>> <mailto:[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> >> Post to : [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> <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
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