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

Yeah I know they talked about a separate library, but I think integrating
it with the rest is still a good idea because of the search function that
will allow them to find their parts as easily as a separate library.
Personally, I also prefer an extra tag than an extra library with many
repeated parts. It should save them some time, too. Maybe they won't like
the idea, we'll see. If no one objects in the next 24h, I'll suggest the
idea to them.

On Sun, Nov 9, 2014 at 8:56 PM, Jon Neal <reportingsjr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thanks for responding to that thread! I'm not sure if you read through the
> whole thing, but what they want to do is create a separate repository
> specifically for CPL parts that are 100% known good for certain
> manufacturers/parts. This seemed pretty reasonable to me. I'm sure when
> they have their ducks in a row it can be merged in to the kicad library
> with that extra tag.
>
>
> Jon
>
> On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Carl Poirier <carl.poirier.2@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Jon,
>>
>> Sorry to be a bit late to the party. Thanks for pointing out our library
>> convention to them.
>>
>> I was thinking we could add a "CPL" tag in the description of the
>> approved elements in our library. This way people would just have to enter
>> this tag in the search box, and they will get all their parts from the
>> different libraries at once. I see this beneficial as both of us. I don't
>> see an extra tag in the description is being too polluting, and it should
>> avoid duplicate parts while having a unified library.
>>
>> Before suggesting the idea to them, I would like to know if anyone has an
>> objection.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Carl
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 6:23 PM, Jon Neal <reportingsjr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey everyone,
>>>
>>> I just wanted to point people to this thread about KiCad symbols and
>>> footprints for the Octopart common parts library. I'm not sure if any of
>>> you have seen this since it popped up a month or two ago, but I'll try to
>>> summarize it quickly.
>>>
>>> Octopart wants to curate a list of parts that will make it easier for
>>> people developing "internet of things" type devices. So basically people
>>> are supposed to use these parts and assembly houses will stock tons of them
>>> and all of the major PCB EDA programs will have a symbol and footprint
>>> library for all of them. Should make it nice and easy to design with!
>>>
>>> Here is the thread they created for the KiCad library:
>>>
>>> https://groups.google.com/a/octopart.com/forum/#!topic/common-parts-library-community/zsVVG_VBpeY
>>>
>>> The head guy from octopart created a new github repo for this. I was
>>> thinking it would be really awesome if instead this could all be integrated
>>> in to the default KiCad library so people don't even need to download an
>>> extra lib!
>>>
>>> Carl, do you want to try and communicate with them to try and work
>>> something out?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> Jon Neal
>>>
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