Re: gEDA-user: Useless or harmful stuff

[Kai-Martin Knaak <kmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 12:15:36 -0800, Dave N6NZ wrote:

>> Some people may think it is a good decision to upload all their stuff
>> to gedasymbols, including gschem.log, footprints just called button.fp
>> without any useful comments, or careless designed symbols.
>> 
>> I think some of us including myself should be some more carefully and
>> ponder about the benefits before uploading. Some stuff may be useless,
>> some may be even harmful if designed careless with bugs.

Well, I upload my whole working set of symbols and footprints. As such 
they are of course biased by the projects I do and infected by the bugs I 
didn't manage to squash. Having everything uploaded reduces the hassle 
considerably. I just use gedasymbols like a regular CVS server and add a 
comment line in the index file.


>  So... "I need a TQFP 44, 0.8 lead pitch, 8 mil
> trace, 8 mill space, 10 mil silk, hand solder sized pads..." is
> something you feed to a generator instead of a search engine.

IMHO, the more work saving requests are "I need a footprint for an Alps 
stereo potentiometer, series RK14K122" (Yes, I really need such a 
footprint right now ;-)

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Kai-Martin Knaak
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