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

On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 4:05 PM, Vesa Solonen <vesa.solonen@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 30/05/14 03:42, Carl Poirier kirjoitti:
> > Hi folks,
>
> > For those of you who have expressed their interest to give a hand,
> > please voice in, saying which library you would like to tackle.
> > Basically, you have to ensure the library respects the convention on all
> > fronts.
>
> Hi Carl and others, I would be very interested in merging and replacing
> most of current with:
>
> https://code.launchpad.net/~oyvind-aabling/kicad-newlib/mod


That would be a great contribution.


> Øyvind did an amazing job by creating all that (includes 3D)
> parametrically. The naming logic is also pretty good. I would go for C
> instead of Cap as a capacitor library prefix, just like Øyvind.
>

What would happen if someone searches for "capacitor" ? No footprint would
be found. I was thinking the inverse. Not allow shortened names. On the
other hand, searching for "C" would yield all footprints containing the
letter, which is nonsense.

>
> Please spend some time browsing around. His library includes some quite
> complicated footprints like all TO-3 variants and they include
> manufacturing tolerances.
>
> My time is quite limited at the moment, but I try my best to fit some
> library work in my schedule. Thanks to you all, I'm very pleased to see
> current team of insightful and experienced librarians with such
> enthusiasm and well structured progress.
>
> -Vesa
>
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