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[Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Seth,

We still use the plugin here internally, but not with github.  It is configurable to
simply use zip files as libraries, from any zip file URL.

When that zip file URL is on a local server, and especially on a fast disk such as a new
PCIe ssd this becomes the fastest plugin by far.  We actually run out of a ram disk on our
internal server.
The plugin can also tolerate footprint changes because it inherits from PCB_IO, giving it
an overlay union of the two data sources.  But we use those local files as a work queue
for scrutiny and shared distribution.

The speed when used locally like this is far faster than any other plugin.

You might simply just rename the plugin to the zip file plugin, it might fit better with
the most common recommended use case.  Even when we were using it with github, we always
used nginx to cache the zip files locally in a proxy server.

Evidently it is faster to load one big zip file than the hundreds of small files used by
the PCB_IO plugin.

Given that is can be disabled during compilation, I would prefer that it not be removed. 
I would not object to making the default be OFF.  And lastly I think it serves as another
plugin that is likely to be a useful reference for future plugin writers.


Summary of my preferences:  would prefer it be kept, we are using it internally.  Rename
it to "zip file" plugin, default it to OFF.


Thanks,


Dick





On 10/28/20 10:25 AM, Seth Hillbrand wrote:
> Hi Folks-
>
> We are currently discussing the removal of the GitHub plugin from KiCad library
> management. Didn’t know that KiCad had a GitHub plugin? Then this will not affect you at
> all.
>
> We’re looking for users that actively use the GitHub plugin for their professional work
> and would be affected by its removal.
>
> If this is you, please reply here with how you are using the plugin and we’ll see what
> we can do to support your use case going forward.
>
> Thanks-
> Seth
>
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