X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2016 16:58:15 +0200 (CEST) X-X-Sender: igor2 AT igor2priv To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Debug: to=geda-user AT delorie DOT com from="gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu" From: gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu Subject: Re: [geda-user] Who can you work with? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (DEB 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk On Sat, 30 Jul 2016, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: > default library of symbols. Consequently, the library has not seen > significant changes since about 2006. This would be acceptable if the > default lib were close to perfection. However, it is far from that. A > flat, one stage hierarchy places exotics right next to standard parts. (some more re-hashing, for newcomers) FYI, this has been fixed in pcb-rnd, which ships an "essential" set of components with no exotics. The default lib is good enough for a tutorial board, for the first few "let's try the workflow" boards and maybe for entry level hobbysts. (The choice for a minimal library of standard parts was made assuming geda users will have their own libs anyway - rather provide a small base to extend from than trying to provide a huge, "complete" lib with 5 different 1206 implementations from which none fits the special needs of the current project.) There's a core plugin that can integrate gedasymbols.org right into the library window (not fore the newcomers and not for the special-need-will-draw-my-own-footprint folks, but for those in between).