Re: gEDA-user: PCB footprint mapping

[Karel Kulhavy <clock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Feb 19, 2006 at 07:32:50PM +0100, kmk wrote:
> Phil Taylor wrote:
> > Karel Kulhavy <clock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>I suggest also "Finally, a special-purpose website has been created to
> >>distribute gEDA symbols and footprints: http://www.gedasymbols.org/, but
> >>it currently needs donations." to be deleted from
> >>http://geda.seul.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=geda:pcb_tips
> > 
> > uhh, why not find out what's happening with that site ...

Why? To increase the signal to noise ratio. See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_overload
"Large amounts of currently available information, a high rate of new
information being added, contradictions in available information, a low
signal-to-noise ratio, and inefficient methods for comparing and
processing different kinds of information can all contribute to this
effect."

CL<
> 
> Right now, the wiki seems to imply that www.gedasymbols.org is a place
> where symbols created by users can be retrieved. Actually this is not
> possible. This sheds an unfavorable light on the project as a whole. In
> fact, when I first looked at geda and got to this dead end, I got the
> impression that geda is one of these infamous abandoned open source
> projects.
> 
> On the other hand, there is http://geda.seul.org/tools/symbols/contrib.html
> If I understand Ales correctly, this is currently the way to go to
> donate a symbol.
> 
> 
> > instead of trying to censor a wiki?
> 
> Well, it is not really a wiki. Outsiders like me cannot log in and
> change  the content.  I'd be willing to improve the advice for newbies...
> 
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