I have to agree with Mark. Maintaining a hierarchical organization would be a laborious and thankless job for one poor schmuck. But a tagging scheme puts most of the burden on individual contributors. I think it could actually work.
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Mark Rages <markra...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 11:45 AM, Colin D Bennett <co...@gibibit.com> wrote: >> On Thu, 3 Feb 2011 13:51:33 +0100 (CET) >> k...@aspodata.se (Karl Hammar) wrote: >> >>> Kai-Martin: >>> > How about git for gedasymbols.org? >>> > (I'd volunteer to modify the instructions to reflect the change) >>> >>> Yes please, and I'd volunteer to do the conversion. >> >> I have to say it would be much more pleasant to use git than CVS. >> >>> And while we are at it, why not drop the symbols and footprints from >>> the programdistribution and just point the programs to gedasymbols.org >>> or a local copy, there could even be a File->git-pull entry. >> >> I'm not sure I support this. I prefer the gEDA distribution to have a >> core stable set of symbols/footprints that doesn't change >> unexpectedly. It would be nice to have easy access to a larger set of >> symbols/footprints, but I think it's important to have a separation >> between widely-accepted and tested entities versus some new symbol (or >> especially footprint, where precision is often even more critical) that >> may have been used only by one person. >> >> The biggest usability improvement for me in terms of finding new >> symbols/footprints would be if the gedasymbols.org web interface had a >> more organized way of browsing and searching items. All users' >> footprints should be available under a category-based hierarchy. >> Some examples of how the hierarchy might be organized: >> - Switches -> Tactile pushbuttons >> - Switches -> Toggle switches >> - Integrated circuits -> DIP >> - Connectors -> Single row pins >> - Connectors -> D-subminiature >> - LEDs -> Surface mount >> > > Tagging is better than hierarchy. > > Regards, > Mark > markrages@gmail > -- > Mark Rages, Engineer > Midwest Telecine LLC > markra...@midwesttelecine.com > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-user mailing list > geda-user@moria.seul.org > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user > _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user