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["A. V. Dolganoff" <adolganov@xxxxxxxxx>]

Well, this is one fine place to start, why not. Is this list by invite
only? I cannot see a "subscribe to " anywhere:
https://launchpad.net/~kicad-lib-committers ?

Alexei

On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 10:34 PM, Carl Poirier <carl.poirier.2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Alexei,
>
> One area you can easily give a hand is in the libraries. We have devised a
> set of rules a few months ago which form our Library Convention. We have yet
> to adjust all the symbols and footprints to respect these rules, and we need
> as well to approve all the pull requests coming in. There is therefore no
> development experience needed.
>
> If this is of interest to you, I suggest you join the kicad-lib-committers
> mailing list, and we can start off something from there.
>
> Regards,
>
> Carl Poirier
>
> On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 3:18 PM, A. V. Dolganoff <adolganov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Hello, everybody,
>>
>> I've joined the team and the list just few hours ago after quite some
>> time spent in kicad-users list/group and other forums because I think
>> Kicad has great future and is worth to contribute too.
>> Few words about me: I live near Paris and work in software industry, I
>> am an ERP consultant by trade (ERP=Enterprise Ressource Planning,
>> mainly SAP, Oracle Apps and Peoplesoft, my job has nothing to do with
>> electronics whatsoever), and I am an electronics hobbyist and musician
>> during my off-hours, so naturally my electronics projects always
>> gravitate to music-related electronics.
>> I've switched to Kicad few years ago because it does most of I want
>> from an EDA, is free and evolves constantly!
>> I am starting to release my projects under Open Hardware license and
>> Kicad fits there perfectly. At the same time I am able to sell some of
>> my designs, nothing to blow your mind financially, I am just able to
>> offset some of my hobby expenses...
>>
>> Now, I would like to contribute something. The thing is I am not a
>> great developer (not a developer at all in fact...), but I could take
>> some tasks related to documentation, tutorials and such.
>> My English is not my native language, maybe I could start with some
>> French translations or something of the sorts?
>>
>> If you have any docs introducing new participants to the toolchain,
>> general practices, what steps to take at first etc., I am happy to
>> start anywhere!
>>
>> Cheers, Alexei
>>
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