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[Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>]

Could it be possible in the future to develop something that allows users
to "subscribe" to a set of libraries? fp-lib-table then wouldn't contain
each individual library, it'd contain (e.g.) a reference to a remote nested
fp-lib-table that itself refers to the individual libs. That way we could
actually update the library set cleanly?
On Dec 28, 2015 09:19, "Wayne Stambaugh" <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The reason it does not replace your existing fp-lib-table is it would
> overwrite any changes that you made to it which would result in a lot of
> unhappy users (me included).  We could use a merge tool to update
> fp-lib-tabe but I think this would be more effort than what it's worth.
>  Filing a bug report isn't necessary since it's technically not a bug.
> We should have done a better job of letting users know that we were
> going to remove footprint libraries from github so there wouldn't have
> been any surprises.  In the future we need to do a better job of letting
> users know about footprint library removals and additions.  Announcing
> this only on the dev mailing list is not adequate.  We should also make
> announcements on the users mailing lists and forums.
>
> On 12/28/2015 8:49 AM, Dan Walmsley wrote:
> > Ok
> >
> >    I have to replace my AppData\Roaming\Kicad\fp-lib-table file with:
> >
> >
> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/KiCad/kicad-library/master/template/fp-lib-table.for-github
> > it seems the installer must not be updating this file when Iv moved from
> > old versions?
> >
> > After doing this I am able to access all libraries.
> >
> > Shall I file a bug on launch pad?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Dan
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > From: dan@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > To: kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 13:21:25 +0000
> > Subject: [Kicad-developers] Error updating standard Kicad footprint
> > libraries from Github
> >
> > Can I draw your attention to this post on the forum:
> >
> > https://forum.kicad.info/t/github-footprints-problem/1935/4
> >
> > I have been having this problem over a week now on the Stable 4.0.1
> > build, I can get around it be using Cvpcb to assign footprints.
> >
> > But it prevents footprint assignment from eeschema.
> >
> > Let me know if I can give further assistance debugging.
> >
> > Dan
> >
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