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["phinitnan_c" <crackerizer@...>]

Manveru,

Please note that I don't really care what implemenation will be used as long as it is best for the community. I just shared my experience with currentimplementation. File or database would be good if they are well designed. Let's move to the other issues. This issue might not be importance but I think it worth for discussion. Should library database be readable by human? and Is it possible to design the database to support better category?

--- In kicad-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Manveru <manveru@...> wrote:
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> 2009/11/4 phinitnan_c <crackerizer@...>
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> > Yes, I saw many criticism in the previous thread. To me, file system isa simplest form of database. With pre-structured (what also have be done in database), the directory would not be that complicated. Synchronizing, merging, editing ,deleting ,creating inheritance and creating categories are simpler and version control can be applied to each component using availiable tools such as cvs or svn. I also can see a lot of benefits using file and directory instead of database.
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> > Anyway, this is just one part of the whole story. Drawing style of library and module is also important. I will wait for Vesa work and decide whatI should contribute to the project.
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> Yes, filesystem is a database intended to store files - nothing more.
> What you see as an simplification I see as an complication. Imagine
> for example synchronizing svn repository with 3000 library files. It
> would be a real horror.
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> Your attitude in this area is good for you and probably for couple
> other people. But what is good for individuals is not exactly good for
> community. I do not say we should throw away ability to work with text
> files describing parts, but this may quickly become a mess again.
> 
> The problem we are discussing here, from the system perspective is not
> a file itself, but a class of entity - the electronic part. In
> engineering world the part is described by schematics symbol and the
> PCB footprint (this is enough for designing tracks, but not enough if
> anyone plan to do more tests or simulations on the PCB model).
> 
> I assume most of you agree that having central (this does not mean not
> distributed) part repository for KiCad is an idea worth consideration.
> I would like to treat this as a place where versioned, moderated parts
> submitted by users will be available for other users. So from design
> perspective our class should contain version numbers and two branches
> - one for accepted verified parts, second for corrected version
> submission.
> 
> If this has to be done, we should start defining requirements for such
> functionality to not loose focus on the ideas.
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