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Re: Hello & Question

 

Glad to have you aboard, sir!

On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 6:29 AM Carl Poirier <carl.poirier.2@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hi Jan,
>
> Welcome to the team! Your contributions are very appreciated. :)
>
> As for your question, there is one way that simplifies things a lot when
> it is a PR for a .pretty. You can simply paste the URL of the repo into
> your fp-lib-table (the project specific one will keep the other clean) and
> then you have access to the footprints. However this won't work if the
> contributor has committed to another branch than master.
>
> By the way, we have the IRC channel if you want to join!
>
> Regards,
>
> Carl
>
> On Oct 14, 2016 01:46, "Oliver Walters" <oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> Jan,
>
> Welcome to our little group! I've been very impressed with the
> contributions you have made so far :)
>
> Regards,
> Oliver
>
> On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 4:44 PM, Jan Krieger <jan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> Carl Porier recruited me for the Library maintainers ;-) ... so Hi to
> everybody!
>
> Maybe a bit of background about me (so you know roughly who I am and what
> to expect):
> I'm a physicist with a PhD and a strong side in computer science, worked
> relatively long in biophysics (building microscopes, writing data eval
> software etc.) and now switched over to industry: I'm now a (senior)
> software developer in a large German company that build offset and digital
> printing machines in Heidelberg (southern Germany) ... so maybe you can
> guess the name ;-) On the side IÄm designing electronics on and off (for
> private use, or on the job) and have experience in several ECADs:
> (Ultimate, Eagle: both very early, during the last years: Target3001).
> And BTW: I live in Heidelberg/Germany, no kids 1 wife ;-)
>
> I'm going to try and contribute a few hours (say 0.5-3) per week ... let's
> see how that goes.
>
> Now for my question: When reviewing a PR: Is thre a quick way to get the
> changed files to my computer (maybe except the "View in GitHub desktop"
> button)?
>
> Best,
> JAN
>
>
> --
> +---------------------------------
> |   Jan Krieger
> |
> |   jan@xxxxxxxxxxx
> |   www.jkrieger.de
> +---------------------------------
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