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[Eric Evenchick <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Carl,

Thanks, I'll look into the libraries this week and see where I can help out.



On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 12:22 PM, Carl Poirier <carl.poirier.2@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hi Eric,
>
> There is also lots of work to do on the libraries. We have a library
> convention here
> <https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-library/blob/master/KiCad_Library_Convention.txt> (the
> TODO parts in it are about to be added), that's been published, but we
> still need to refactor all the libraries to go with it. Would you be
> interested in giving a hand?
>
> Regards,
>
> Carl
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 4:40 AM, Maciej Sumiński <maciej.suminski@xxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> On 07/20/2014 09:25 PM, Eric Evenchick wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Wondering how to get involved with KiCad development. I have experience
>>> with C++ and Python development. Also would be happy to help with
>>> packaging.
>>>
>>> Not sure how new devs get involved with the project, or if there is some
>>> type of mentorship. Any advice would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Eric
>>>
>>
>> Hi Eric,
>>
>> I am very glad to see that more and more people ask how to contribute to
>> KiCad. You can find a few useful hints in one of the KiCad questions [1].
>> We have a road map that we would like to follow [2,3]. New ideas are very
>> welcome, but it is a good idea to announce them on the mailing list, so
>> they can be discussed first and then approved by the main developers. This
>> way helps us to coordinate our efforts and prevents waste of code if it
>> does not follow the project goals.
>> If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask them. Here you can meet
>> experienced users and developers that are always willing to help.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Orson
>>
>> 1. https://answers.launchpad.net/kicad/+question/251316
>> 2. http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~kicad-product-committers/
>> kicad/product/view/head:/Documentation/development/road-map.md
>> 3. http://orson.net.pl/pub/kicad/roadmap/md_road-map.html (easier to
>> read)
>>
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