On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 4:05 PM, Vesa Solonen <[email protected]> wrote:
> 30/05/14 03:42, Carl Poirier kirjoitti: > > Hi folks, > > > For those of you who have expressed their interest to give a hand, > > please voice in, saying which library you would like to tackle. > > Basically, you have to ensure the library respects the convention on all > > fronts. > > Hi Carl and others, I would be very interested in merging and replacing > most of current with: > > https://code.launchpad.net/~oyvind-aabling/kicad-newlib/mod That would be a great contribution. > Øyvind did an amazing job by creating all that (includes 3D) > parametrically. The naming logic is also pretty good. I would go for C > instead of Cap as a capacitor library prefix, just like Øyvind. > What would happen if someone searches for "capacitor" ? No footprint would be found. I was thinking the inverse. Not allow shortened names. On the other hand, searching for "C" would yield all footprints containing the letter, which is nonsense. > > Please spend some time browsing around. His library includes some quite > complicated footprints like all TO-3 variants and they include > manufacturing tolerances. > > My time is quite limited at the moment, but I try my best to fit some > library work in my schedule. Thanks to you all, I'm very pleased to see > current team of insightful and experienced librarians with such > enthusiasm and well structured progress. > > -Vesa > > > -- > 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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