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[Jean-Paul Louis <louijp@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Adam,

I do not see why the change in the library to make it compatible with other CAD packages, and IPC standards is a bad thing.
Since the beginning, I always used my own library for diodes because they were broken in the KiCad library.
At least now, I will be able to use the "standard” library.

People who are complaining are just whiners. Everybody in the Pro world use pin 1 as the cathode of a diode. Our libraries were backward god knows why.
We should thank the person who took the pain to fix it, instead of whining.

Just my $0.02,
Jean-Paul
AC9GH

> On Apr 24, 2015, at 9:01 PM, Adam Wolf <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> Git has tags and branches and a bunch of features to stop issues like this from happening.
> 
> One easy way I think we can stop this from ever happening again:  instead of always running off the newest commits to master, the github plugin could use a tag or a commit, and then when folks decide to update, we can parse and tell them what libraries changed and how, through metadata and commit messages, and they can choose when to update.
> 
> This would stop changes in footprints from breaking users' boards due to static library files.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Adam Wolf
> Cofounder and Engineer
> Wayne and Layne, LLC
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