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Re: unused folders in kicad tree

 

If someone else can prepare a patch that removes the OS X packaging from
the tree, I will test it.  I will put "make a patch that removes the OS X
packaging from tree" on the bottom of my list, so it can be a (slow) race :)

Adam Wolf

On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 7:24 AM, Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I think it will be find ot remove the windwos stuff, because it is
> easier to maintain outside the source. And it is currently not used by
> the package build anyway.
>
> 2015-12-11 17:48 GMT+01:00 Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > I'll leave the decision to remove the /package folder up to the package
> > devs.  If they are interested in keeping the platform specific package
> > build stuff in the kicad source repo, I'm OK with that.  I know that
> > packaging stuff is maintained in the source tree by other projects.
> >
> > The /new folder contains some code that I want to look at when I
> > implement the new schematic and symbol library file formats.  It may not
> > be relevant since I'm going to embed the symbols in the schematic like
> > we do with footprints in the board file.  However, I also want to be
> > able to reference external symbols as well so this code may yet prove to
> > be useful.
> >
> > On 12/11/2015 1:11 AM, Mark Roszko wrote:
> >> There are the /packaging/ and /new/ folders in the kicad source. Is
> >> there any reason they are kept around?
> >>
> >> /packaging/ just has a >1 year old windows installer and a 5 year old
> >> osx installer. Its handled out of tree anyway now in other repos.
> >>
> >>
> >> the /new/ folder looks like an attempt at an eeschema rewrite but its
> >> not going anywhere?
> >>
> >>
> >> Source control is our friend and "dead" things should be exiled to the
> history.
> >>
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