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[Carl Poirier <carl.poirier.2@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi John,

I renamed the library to "Connectors_Molex.pretty". You can go on and at
the same time incorporate what you were working on previously.


On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 6:09 AM, John Beard <john.j.beard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'd like to take Connectors_Serial_MOLEX.pretty for the moment, please.
>
> Would it be possible to rename it to "Connectors_Molex.pretty"?
> PicoBlades aren't serial connectors specifically. Also, if we have
> libraries for each range of connectors (like Connectors_Molex_PicoBlade,
> Connectors_Harwin_M40, Connectors_Molex_KK and so on), we'll have
> hundreds of libraries. It would be nice to be able to do
> Connectors->Molex->PicoBlade, but I realise the current system doesn't
> work like that.
>
> On 30/05/14 10:48, Paweł Dras wrote:
> > But i see a loot of inconsistency in footprints groups.
> > Perhaps we should reduce .pretty groups count and naming convention.
>
> I agree, fragmented libraries make it hard to see what you have.
>
> > The same situation is with the names Sockets_*,  Terminal_Blocks and
> > even with Pin arrays. I suggest to change in all prefix to Connectors_
>
> I agree with this - I don't think connectors need to be separated by
> gender. When you get to some board-to-board connectors, it can be hard
> to say which is the socket and the plug anyway. And for wire-to-board,
> there's only one gender which makes sense for a PCB: the header.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
>
>
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