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Re: [PATCH] Skip redundant repetition of component name in component chooser

 

I think it is unfortunate that a request to the library maintainers
requested by Wayne is responded to with a one line dismissal of:

"You know my opinion and it is immutable. Sorry."

Adam Wolf
Cofounder and Engineer
W&L

On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 11:08 AM, Henner Zeller <h.zeller@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 26 June 2015 at 06:59, Henner Zeller <h.zeller@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On 26 June 2015 at 04:49, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> On 6/26/2015 3:53 AM, jp charras wrote:
> >>> Le 26/06/2015 09:37, Vesa Solonen a écrit :
> >>>> 26/06/15, 09:55, Henner Zeller kirjoitti:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Here would be an alternative approach ... fixing the library. If
> >>>>> library maintainers are ok with it, I can send it as pull request on
> >>>>> github.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Essentially: remove all the component names as first element in the
> >>>>> description. They are redundant, and it is also error prone to
> >>>>> maintain.
> >>>>
> >>>> Full support from me even though I haven't been maintaining much...
> >>>>
> >>>> -Vesa
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Full support from me too.
> >>>
> >>> A good fix is better than a workaround.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >> +1
> >>
> >> Would our library maintainers please make this happen?  Thanks.
> >
> > Ok, created library pull request
> >   https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-library/pull/231
>
> ... Looks like library maintainers don't like it; see thread here:
> https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-library/pull/231
>
> -h
>
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