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[jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 03/04/2018 à 13:25, Maciej Sumiński a écrit :
> On 04/03/2018 01:20 PM, Tomasz Wlostowski wrote:
>> On 03/04/18 13:17, Nick Østergaard wrote:
>>> I think we should not disable the github plugin, but we may need to
>>> remove it from the wizard in a way that does not emphasize that this is
>>> the way to go. Maybe it is ok to remove it completely from the wizard,
>>> but just let the plugin in the fp-lib-table still work.
>>
>> I would rather disable it (with the possibility to re-enable in some
>> config file for "hardcore" users). Over the last 3 years it brought us
>> mostly troubles and no big advantage.
> 
> I second that, the only potential issue we need to deal with is the
> current plugin users. Once we remove the plugin, they will be stuck with
> footprint libraries full of broken entries.
> 
> For v6 we should simply provide a simple library updater taking
> advantage of generic git interface (e.g. libgit), instead of tying
> ourselves to Github.
> 
> Cheers,
> Orson

For V5, I was just talking about disabling github option in wizard only to avoid issue.
The github plugin is an other story.

In V6, we will need a library updater for symbol libs, footprint libs, 3d shapes libs, and perhaps
some other things (python scripts for instance)


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Jean-Pierre CHARRAS