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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

2016-01-11 15:09 GMT+01:00 Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>:
> On 1/10/2016 10:28 PM, Jon Neal wrote:
>> I'm currently playing around with the idea of having actual git
>> integration rather than downloading footprint files from github on the
>> fly, which was extremely poorly thought out IMO. (FWIW I am of the
>> opinion that for the next release the default libs should shipped
>> locally. The github integration should be for people who want to use it
>> for their own libs, but that can be discussed later).
>
> I'm fine with shipping default versions of footprint libraries.  There
> would be some additional work for the package devs so you would have to
> get their buy in.  There are good arguments both for and against this.
> I actually like having the latest footprint libs available rather that
> have to manually use git to keep local repos up to date.
>
>>
>> I'll try to finish laying out what I think would be a good structure and
>> finish doing research on libraries to use for this in the next week and
>> send out an RFC to the list.
>
> As for git integration, that's fine by me.  I will require this to be a
> separate plugin rather than a replacement for the github plugin and a
> build option because not everyone will want to drag in the git library
> dependency when they build KiCad.

But never the less, if we would announce it as a feature, it should be
the default, such that packagers will support it. I am fine with the
casual developer being able to disable it easily.

> Cheers,
>
> Wayne
>
>>
>> Jon
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 8:18 PM Mark Roszko <mark.roszko@xxxxxxxxx
>> <mailto:mark.roszko@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>
>>     Ah, I forgot to add that too, i.e. check once a day rather than every
>>     day. I consider it minor (but yes silly).
>>
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