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[Andrey Kuznetsov <kandrey89@xxxxxxxxx>]

Is it possible to keep the 3d models ZIPed or RARed on disk and KiCAD
unpacks them on the fly as needed/used during the session/etc?

I am seeing 10x reduction in size when I pack the files whether they are
7.5MB or 120KB, both were reduced to 750KB and 10KB respectively.
That's a lot of space wasted if we're thinking of the poor designers with
limited disk space.

On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 1:03 AM, Carsten Schoenert <c.schoenert@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Am 02.10.2017 um 06:14 schrieb David Godfrey:
> > Bernhard hit the nail on the head here.
> > For normal Users, ALL of the git functionality should be hidden behind
> > basic KiCad GUI features.
>
> A "normal" user doesn't need any git functions. He expects to have a
> working solution if he is using KiCad or $whatever software. The tricky
> part is on the software developers side, they need to take care about
> full functional additional components for the normal users.
>
> > However, for Users and Librarians that want to manage, add, edit at
> > least a basic knowledge of whatever tooling is used behind the scenes is
> > a HARD REQUIREMENT.
>
> Agreed.
> But such things are additional extras on the current situation. I guess
> the intent of this whole thread was to improve the current situation on
> the library handling inside KiCad. I think this should be focused on
> first as this increases the usability on the user side significantly.
>
> > These days git is probably one of the best documented, and most well
> > supported in the greater community.
> > That alone makes it a very good choice of backend.
> >
> > Handling of submodules can be slightly tricky, but a few simple helper
> > scripts (for LedgerSMB project we use a Makefile with a few targets such
> > as "submodules" which updates all submodules to the current repo head's
> > commit references to them)
> Mhh, I never have seen that any body is really happy about git
> submodules as they are always problematic. The reasons for this are
> already written here in this thread.
>
> I always look at the Linux kernel development model which is quite
> larger and bigger than the KiCad project.
> All parts in the development there don't use git submoduls for good
> reasons. All people involved always use the full tree. Sorry, I don't
> see a real need and gain for using git submoduls. And even if you have
> some scripting on top you need to teach the people how to use this. That
> is *always* overhead I'd avoid.
>
> As written here also, a complete git repository about all of the
> schematics with a stable and development branch and tagged releases
> would be fine and enough. The l10n and documentation part is already
> using this model.
>
> --
> Regards
> Carsten Schoenert
>
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