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Hi,

Am 18.03.2015 um 08:09 schrieb Bernhard Kraft:
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 4:20 AM,  <gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu> wrote:
>
>> I think, at some point, it's be a real major step forward if the standard
>> lib could be separated from gschem and pcb into a standalone package.
> I would say:
>   * Lets start a project at github.
>   * There we import the current structure from /usr/share/pcb
> (debian/ubuntu) and create a subdirectory "structured".
>   * If someone wants to help out he/she can post suggestions/pull requests
>   * There we discuss and move (copy?) all components as required.
>   * Because we are in the world of open source we can just create our
> own package and make it available at debian/ubuntu launchpad
>
> Are you familiar with git?
>
> greetings,
> Bernhard
I would think of this as very important to allow gEDA to keep productive,
I used it now for several smaller projects and had everytime minor 
problems with the board. Once there was a wron polarity of a diode (this 
problem was already mentioned), once I accidentially placed a component 
in a wrong package (16 instead of 14 pins, nasty, I know), etc. In the 
end I asked myself if I was willing to buy some other framework or 
continue working with gEDA as it is rigid and cumbersome in quite many 
cases where you have to check everything manually.

When I started making my own library it got better as I knew what I did...
Thus I would be interested if you started a "new" library project to 
merge in custom parts.
If I could help, please tell me.

But I would suggest something more:
Why not putting all availabe symbols in the library?
I mean put the basic symbols that everybody might need into the main 
part of it. Then one could add additional directories (?) or something 
similar) to put specialized packages etc in. This would allow for 
advanced users to get things running faster if everything is consistent 
(which is the main problem in the whole library issue).
I am not a friend of throwing things away :-)

Christian