Mailing list archives : pcb-rnd

ID:567
From:John Griessen <jo...@cibolo.com>
Date:Wed, 22 Mar 2017 11:44:59 -0600
Subject:Re: [pcb-rnd] edakrill: please contribute
in-reply-to:566 from ge...@igor2.repo.hu
replies: 568 from ge...@igor2.repo.hu
On 03/22/2017 11:11 AM, gedau@igor2.repo.hu wrote:
> It's a "gedasymbols.org clone", with a few very important differences:
>
> - it's not geda-centric; I automtically convert data to all formats I can, e.g. footprints are available in lihata, tedax, geda
> .fp, kicad; I plan to do the same later with symbols too
>
> - although the backing data store is svn, which makes it somewhat similar to gedasymbols, I am also providing web upload - so
> casual users uploading small amount of data won't need to use svn
>
> - edakrill uses rich metadata, which makes searches much better
 
Sounds fabulous -- especially the multiple converted formats all available at a first glance.
 
Can metadata include whether a footprint has been updated, when updated, or whether it has been used in hardware
successfully?  That would be a boon.
 

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