Re: gEDA-user: PCB footprint mapping

[bifferos <bifferos@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

gedasymbols (as a domain name) is cool, however the links suck, and it provides almost
no information, especially for the noob :-(.  There are three dead links on the first
page.  Even if nothing is hosted on it, it could at least point to the wiki, and some of
the links posted to this list.  

Who hosts it?  Do they have to pay for bandwidth?  What OS is running?

It looks like about 30 minutes work would result in considerable improvement.  If someone
wants to give me shell access (or whatever is needed for changing the links) I 
can have a go.  (Send me PM if you like).

cheers,

-biff.

--- Phil Taylor <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> 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
> > 
> 
> 
> 
> 



		
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