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[Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Oct 06, 2016 at 08:51:54AM +0200, jp charras wrote:
> Le 06/10/2016 à 08:13, Cirilo Bernardo a écrit :
> > Hi folks,
> > 
> >  Any comments on this patch I proposed a few weeks ago?
> > 
> > https://lists.launchpad.net/kicad-developers/msg26412.html
> > 
> > The patch adds a menu item in the main menu Help list to launch the
> > system's default browser and bring up the "Contribute to KiCad" page
> > (http://kicad-pcb.org/contribute/).  The idea is to promote awareness
> > of how users can get involved, whether it's helping with documentation,
> > libraries, etc.  I think we have a great little group at the moment, but
> > more experts helping out or new users learning about the internals of
> > the software is always better. :)
> > 
> > 
> > - Cirilo
> 
> To be honest, if I like the idea, I am not thrilled by this (large?) patch.
> A link in our About Kicad dialog (Information panel) could be better (only 2 lines of code to add).
> On this Information panel (the default panel when opening the dialog) there are already the most
> important links.

As we discussed with Wayne on IRC a while ago, nobody will ever see it
there.

> 
> 
> -- 
> Jean-Pierre CHARRAS
> 
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