Sorry I pushed this button ;) I totally agree with all of this, I can't believe they've spent over a week on this issue.
On 10 May 2017 04:34, "Wayne Stambaugh" <[email protected]> wrote: > On 5/9/2017 1:14 PM, Andy Peters wrote: > > > >> On May 8, 2017, at 3:47 PM, Wayne Stambaugh <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> On 5/8/2017 6:22 PM, Oliver Walters wrote: > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> This is probably best addressed to Wayne, or anyone else who is keenly > >>> interested in the new .sweet format. > >>> > >>> Currently there is a very heated thread on the forums regarding > >>> different resistor representations (people have too much time on their > >>> hands) > >>> - https://forum.kicad.info/t/alternate-resistor-symbol- > kicad-evaluation-for-company-use/6310/62 > >> > >> I will refrain from such unnecessary discussions due to lack of time. > >> There is absolutely nothing preventing users from using what ever > >> resistor symbol they want. I don't understand the issue. Just create a > >> new resistor symbol and give it a different name than 'R'. Whether you > >> put it in a new library or an existing library seems really doesn't > >> matter. Am I missing something else here? > > > > The bitching is all about what the standard libraries should provide, > and underlying it is the notion that the standard libraries should contain > every symbol every user could possibly want, because nobody should have to > make their own libraries. > > > > And, of course by saying “Just create a new resistor symbol,” you’ll get > a bunch of angry users saying, “SEE! The developers don’t listen to us!” > > This comes up every so often and it never ceases to amaze me what people > expect the KiCad project to do for free. It really does nothing to make > me (and I'm guessing other developers as well) want to help them. It's > a good thing none of these folks work for me because there employment > would be short lived. Even complex symbols don't take that long to > create so they spent more time typing their arguments on a forum than it > would have taken to just create the symbol. Where is the sense in that? > > > > > (I hope everyone can read through the facetiousness here.) > > > > Party on, Wayne > > > > -a > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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