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Re: Placing real components out of a database instead of: "Automatic assignment of footprint with a database"

To: Mark Roszko <mark.roszko@xxxxxxxxx>
From: Brian <lotharyx@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2020 09:59:48 -0400
Cc: KiCad Developers <kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
In-reply-to: <CAJjB1qL-1aSd0YKTrxa=vNEj9=SMUQHe_5yj1=LgyUQWYLo0CA@mail.gmail.com>

> Other than that, bundling a database engine is incredibly messy and a world of packaging hell from conflicts, IT policy, MS Group policy, etc. Not worth bundling.
> 

Even SQLite?  I’ve incorporated it into other projects with a minimum of fuss. 

Not that I’m advocating for KiCAD to necessarily distribute it.

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Re: Placing real components out of a database instead of: "Automatic assignment of footprint with a database"
From: Mark Roszko, 2020-08-29