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On Wed, 18 Mar 2015, Ivan Stankovic wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 08:28:19AM +0100, gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu wrote:
>> On Wed, 18 Mar 2015, Bernhard Kraft wrote:
>>> 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?
>>
>> Sorry, git is a show stopper for me - there is no way I can be
>> talked into using it.
>
> No good effort should be stopped because of a particular version
> control system.  So, how about sending patches instead?

That could work. Or I could check on the projcet from time to time as a 
tester to provide feedback.

I am sure there are a lot of users who can contribute, so I am sure if 
enough people start working on it there will be an usable minimal lib. The 
harder question is then how to get this be the default lib for new users 
while not breaking existing installations for old users on an upgrade. 
This needs some solid upgrade plan, support from geda/pcb maintainters and 
maybe support from packagers of different distros.

Regards,

Igor2