I'm also in favor of the "lib_" prefix.
On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Carl Poirier <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Bernd, > > The names for the pdf previews should follow up shortly. > > > On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Bernd Wiebus <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello Povilas. >> >> > Currently the libraries in the Carl's repository on GitHub[1] have >> > names like this: >> > >> > VML0806_Housing_Rohm_RevA_26Oct2012 >> > >> >> This is a library made by me. I use this naming system to keep a stright >> line in my own development repository. >> >> > Are version and date suffixes used in any way for versioning? I don't >> > see any duplicated libraries, thus I guess no, but it's worth to make >> sure. >> > >> >> Of course, i deleted the old versions, if i upload new ones to >> launchpad. >> >> > In any case, different, incompatible versions of the same library could >> > be tracked in different Git branches. We could remove the suffixes then >> > as they would serve no useful purpose yet add clutter to the library >> names. >> >> Ok. For future, i will rename the librarys here at launchpad. But the >> Problem for me is now, to recognize my own old librarys, because they >> are partly renamed now. >> Also the names at the pdf previews will not fit anymore to the >> coreponding files. >> >> > >> > In addition to the above, I propose to add a distinct prefix, such as >> > 'foot_' or 'lib_' to all footprint libraries. We may want to host some >> > footprint-unrelated repositories under the Kicad github >> > user/organization and this would make organizing things much easier. >> > >> >> Nice idea. >> >> With best regards: Bernd Wiebus alias dl1eic >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-lib-committers >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-lib-committers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > >
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