Re: gEDA-user: gedasymbols.org update

[Daniel Wisehart <dw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sunday 05 March 2006 13:23, DJ Delorie wrote:
> > I wonder if there is a way to implement user comments to a symbol so
> > other users can indicate their experiences?  We have found a few
> > symbols on the net or that are included with PCB that probably
> > worked very well for someone else, but caused us problems.  It might
> > be helpful if users could post comments like 'beware if you use this
> > with Moldar rev A part' or 'shape is great for the Whizding parts,
> > but the origin is in pin one instead of the centroid of the part so
> > pick-and-place had fits with it.'
>
> The issues with that kind of feedback are accountability and trust,
> and I think the best way to handle that (for now, at least) is for you
> to contact the symbol author and give them the feedback.  They can
> edit their pages, symbols, or footprints to include those comments.
> I'm trying to make it as easy as possible for them to make those
> changes, of course.
>
> I don't think this is the kind of problem that is easily solved by
> throwing technology at it.  Perhaps in the future we could add
> blog-type feedback to things, but things move and we still have the
> accountability and trust issues.
>
> That doesn't even consider spam and harassment that always seem to
> find self-policed feedback systems.

Good points.  I had assumed that the only people who could comment would be 
registered users.