Re: gEDA-user: PCB footprint mapping

["Phil Taylor" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Karel I agree that the s/n is an issue that geda/PCB faces.  It is a real
issue.

I do suppose though, that I would warm up to your comments about scrapping
gedasymbols (which isn't even your work) if you had some other recommendation.

What are you doing, besides your salvos of improvement suggestions, to better
the symbol/footprint system for geda/pcb?

Phil


Karel Kulhavy <clock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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...
> > 
> > ---<(kaimartin)>---
> > -- 
> > Kai-Martin Knaak
> > kmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Blog: http://lilalaser.dyndns.org/blog
>