Thanks for responding to that thread! I'm not sure if you read through the whole thing, but what they want to do is create a separate repository specifically for CPL parts that are 100% known good for certain manufacturers/parts. This seemed pretty reasonable to me. I'm sure when they have their ducks in a row it can be merged in to the kicad library with that extra tag.
Jon On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Carl Poirier <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jon, > > Sorry to be a bit late to the party. Thanks for pointing out our library > convention to them. > > I was thinking we could add a "CPL" tag in the description of the approved > elements in our library. This way people would just have to enter this tag > in the search box, and they will get all their parts from the different > libraries at once. I see this beneficial as both of us. I don't see an > extra tag in the description is being too polluting, and it should avoid > duplicate parts while having a unified library. > > Before suggesting the idea to them, I would like to know if anyone has an > objection. > > Regards, > > Carl > > On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 6:23 PM, Jon Neal <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hey everyone, >> >> I just wanted to point people to this thread about KiCad symbols and >> footprints for the Octopart common parts library. I'm not sure if any of >> you have seen this since it popped up a month or two ago, but I'll try to >> summarize it quickly. >> >> Octopart wants to curate a list of parts that will make it easier for >> people developing "internet of things" type devices. So basically people >> are supposed to use these parts and assembly houses will stock tons of them >> and all of the major PCB EDA programs will have a symbol and footprint >> library for all of them. Should make it nice and easy to design with! >> >> Here is the thread they created for the KiCad library: >> >> https://groups.google.com/a/octopart.com/forum/#!topic/common-parts-library-community/zsVVG_VBpeY >> >> The head guy from octopart created a new github repo for this. I was >> thinking it would be really awesome if instead this could all be integrated >> in to the default KiCad library so people don't even need to download an >> extra lib! >> >> Carl, do you want to try and communicate with them to try and work >> something out? >> >> Thanks! >> Jon Neal >> >> -- >> 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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