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gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu wrote:

 
> However, what we are talking about now is not a generic solution,
> but an entry level lib for beginners. In my opinion this necessarily
> means a much narrower scope: out-of-box support for much less
> devices. The purpose of the lib is to help those who start
> experimenting with geda and do their first few "blinking led"
> boards.

My section of gedasymbols contains a subsection that tries to deliver 
just that -- The "Essential gEDA Library"
http://www.gedasymbols.org/user/kaimartin_knaak/essential/essential.html

This is a set of symbols and footprints for the most common 
components. It is meant to work out of the box. That is, all symbols 
contain a footprint attribute. The footprint attributes all point to 
footprints that are in the essential lib. There is no reference to the 
default library or any other third party lib. 

These symbols and footprints are intended as examples for good 
practice. Therefore, the symbols include a few attributes which are 
technically not necessary but desirable nonetheless. E.g. the author, 
licenses, or a symversion. 

The essential lib is a subset of the library I work with on a daily 
basis. So they are all vetted in real world projects -- I eat my own 
dog food ;-) 

Please take a look at the selection. Do you miss something essential?
(The connector section still needs to be populated. I am not decided 
yet. What connectors are "essential"? Pin headers? BNC? SubD? RJ45?)
Comments welcome.

---<)kaimartin(>---