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On Thu, 2 Apr 2015, Russell Nelson wrote:

>On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 10:53 PM, <gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu> wrote:
>      I am against the database thing if it brings in new dependency
>      for the tools (e.g. sqlite).
>
>
>SQLite is *way* overkill. The local library search and the gedasymbols
>search works perfectly fine and perceptually infinitely fast. The biggest
>problem that I see is that there is a split namespace. You have to search
>one and then the other. That's why I propose that we should move the set of
>symbols and footprints into gedasymbols, and then pull down a copy of
>gedasymbols at install time.
>
>As Igor points out, though, people may have a good reason to keep their
>custom parts local. So maybe a local folder that doesn't get synced back to
>gedasymbols is still needed? But there should be a 'public' folder which
>lets you contribute your footprints and symbols even more easily than DJ has
>set it up now.

Or just invert the whole idea: by default, you have your local file system 
and if you want, you can sync with whatever you want. Tools can be 
provided for easy out-of-the-box sync with gedasymbols or whatever else. 
In parts or in whole. As the user wants.

Regards,

Igor2