X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Original-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=98htM6zFcs6+bM7phm+liHhu3kBqLo0UzyCKD1J9AZU=; b=CK/7FO6BcfWfiPURRuo0ZRSoE/8zU/GPHsvyU/yDnizpqz5t4Pa8e5FtzCHd2dAust H09kC1Qnuhq9bnKnRbT3qdHeXbtu+PGgtv8pqoQ69yt+kR4vvZLOYaviwH+hXQ2l0CXK u9vqcfzkwX69mfDZEuCgfMP1cEOe4er4dysApJCv2dl6/KS4Lfz+UAt5gpJbwhbQKU8F hpBoSAR5Pe7W7VQyF6MKXRCr7oS+DNFt1QZgCc6gI685GcB5M/iArk4MDIMtd17dDsEa RgyEZhYEOF3VlOsYbSHi9ALAOtIXH3t8/lFh9P9vLsL5IxbEATtiB+5S+wQXeqwRzTlE HPKw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=98htM6zFcs6+bM7phm+liHhu3kBqLo0UzyCKD1J9AZU=; b=s5QC7/32LVPu6lcoKCyJB2goBCw/GiNwcroUzsROjKj4RnOPpifZtl7tSBckAS8Fdr w6sHfl9o+OHaWH2amJEN5SE+F74v95aSg435xNzYV+xXUm3aPtz93d7cTK+iigcUC8SD u02x1Tho6Am1xLFQ4nsfiosNebj1t8lVTdTIxrYna5qu8AK/UF73P56ZJTV65r8VVmPp H5/ExaGd5zZYdRhKGdQd4Culb3JHAr6852tFR1oDc/M3zhVD5SJr0oc6R6p4dtOXgvkq qcV+we9LhoozCTiORgsiu2XogKtUmfbUMOFdVGNPkgvJV5gAZ2faU1sZfvL55BaPVvCH b1TQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AFeK/H2/EdaRqTq/a53yHRIHyscWuLgpagTPLeEoVmt37SUWpS4ZbZXPBCJQcwM4SMs+Vw== X-Received: by 10.25.221.195 with SMTP id w64mr5588556lfi.31.1490429301440; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 01:08:21 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 09:08:17 +0100 From: "Nicklas Karlsson (nicklas DOT karlsson17 AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: [geda-user] gedasymbols.org and EDAKrill - need your opinion Message-Id: <20170325090817.945e0b44c85debb45e6aa032@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.5.1 (GTK+ 2.24.31; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 gedasymbols make symbols/footprints available on a per user basis. It is however useful to have symbols/footprints available on category basis for download and per user basis on upload. 1, 2 or 3 I have no good oppinion about. > Hi all, > > I plan to import the gedasymbols.org database to EDAkrill (please see my > other mail about what EDAkrill is). Any file with a distribution license > permits this is a potential subject. After the import, we'll have multiple > choices about how to run our services. > > After consulting DJ, the maintainer of gedasymbols, I see three possible > ways to proceed: > > 1. keep them separate services, EDAkrill imports data from gedasymbols.org > (and gedasymbols.org imports data from EDAkrill if someone programs it) > > 2. merge gedasymbols into EDAkrill, keep gedasymbols as is, but read-only > > 3. migrate gedasymbols to EDAkrill, shut down the CVS based service > > I think the community should decide: please vote for on of the above > options, especially if you are a contributor or user of gedasymbols.org. > At the end I'd like DJ to make the final word based on the community > feedback/votes. > > For me any of these are fine. The import will happen in any case, > so if there's no decision we will probably end up with 1 implicitly. > > > Some technical details that may help the decision: > > - gedasymbols.org uses CVS; EDAkrill uses svn. If we go for 2. or 3., > CVS contributors will need to switch to svn or web uploads. Downloads with > svn should be similar to CVS, just slightly different command line > (and less commands) > > - please do NOT propose switching EDAkrill to git/hg/your-favorite-VCS. > It won't happen, and I won't enter flame wars about this; if svn is a > blocker for you, then don't use the service, vote accordingly, set up your > own service based on different tools, etc. > > - other than that I am open to any discussion and questions about > EDAkrill or its relation to gedasymbols > > - solution 1. is the least intrusive change, but it would be sort of > effort duplication (which is not necessarily bad) > > - in case of 2., we would keep gedasymbols.org for compatibility but we > would recommend using EDAkrill - there wouldn't be new uploads to > gedasymbols.org, but for example tools and users who got used to make a > CVS checkout could go on doing that (but they won't see the new files > uploaded to EDAKrill) > > - in case of 3., we would probably redirect gedasymbols.org to EDAkrill, > but we wouldn't try to keep a compatible web page or CVS. > > - how integration is affected: as far as I know only pcb-rnd has > gedasymbols integration, and pcb-rnd will have EDAkrill integration too, > so there won't be a big change there. > > - stability of the service: repo.hu is hosted at a professional server > hotel in an air conditioned server room with redundant power (mains, UPS > and AFAIK even diesel). Network-wise it is very close to the Hungarian > Internet backbone. The international bandwidth is somewhat limited (for > financial reasons), but stability is excellent. > > > Regards, > > Igor2 -- Nicklas Karlsson