Adam, Both are really good points.
Here's what I propose: *Short Term:* Move the library information / license / KLC / contributing information to the website. This will also include links to download library releases (from github) *Medium Term:* Provide downloads of individual libraries, which will be hosted (?? somewhere ?? ) *Long Term:* Full description of library elements, including image previews / metadata / etc. This will be searchable. Actual library data remains on GitHub, obviously. On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 12:01 PM, Adam Wolf <adamw...@feelslikeburning.com> wrote: > I really, really like the idea of having the libraries page on the > KiCad website itself. > > I have run into numerous people who do not understand that the github > libraries are "official". Plus, this means that *for whatever reason* > if the libraries move from github, the pages explaining the libraries > stay in the same space. > > Adam Wolf > > On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 7:54 PM, Oliver Walters > <oliver.henry.walt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Ben, > > > > That's also an option, I hadn't considered that! Perhaps I was focused on > > the GitHub-side solution too closely. > > > > Wayne, do you want to weigh in here before I spend too much further > effort > > developing this? Could the libraries page be developed on the KiCad > website > > itself? > > > > The structure could remain largely the same but the formatting would > need to > > change from Jekyll to Hugo. > > > > Cheers, > > Oliver > > > > On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 1:17 AM, Ben Hest <bombledm...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Does this method provide an advantage over doing a similar thing using > >> Hugo and putting the docs on the kicad-pcb.org website? > >> https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-website > >> > >> > >> - Ben > >> > >> On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 7:01 AM, Oliver Walters > >> <oliver.henry.walt...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi everyone, > >>> > >>> The conversation of how best to manage and distribute KiCad libraries > has > >>> been raging for a while now. > >>> > >>> Users looking to download or contribute to the libraries are currently > >>> presented with a github landing page and some bland wiki pages (e.g. > for the > >>> KLC information). > >>> > >>> I have been working on a new-and-improved website system for the > >>> following: > >>> > >>> * Clear information about the libraries > >>> * A place to download the latest libraries > >>> * Information on what is *in* the libraries > >>> * Instructions on how to contribute to the libs > >>> * Better presentation of the KLC > >>> > >>> This website will need to be updated periodically to present the latest > >>> version of the libraries to the users. Also, if users are going to be > >>> downloading library files then it could potentially use a lot of > bandwidth. > >>> Thirdly, the generated content should be scripted but statically > hosted. > >>> > >>> The solution? GitHub pages! - https://pages.github.com/ - > >>> > >>> These are hosted from your github repository, and for e.g. ours would > >>> have the URL kicad.github.io - this could be easily redirected from > >>> kicad-lib.org/library (for example). > >>> > >>> GitHub pages use the jekyll toolset to generate static content. > >>> > >>> With a small amount of additional Python scripting I have created a > >>> bare-bones example of what this might look like (locally hosted on my > laptop > >>> for now): > >>> > >>> Here are some screenshots! Ignore the colors and simple layout scheme, > >>> this is currently just a framework. > >>> > >>> https://imgur.com/a/0GELG > >>> > >>> The main objectives of this project are: > >>> > >>> a) Present a more professional landing page for the libraries > >>> b) Leverage GitHub Pages functionality > >>> c) Improve KLC > >>> > >>> And, eventually: > >>> > >>> Provide a standardised way to separate the KiCad libraries from the > KiCad > >>> installer! > >>> > >>> Thoughts and comments appreciated! > >>> > >>> Cheers, > >>> > >>> Oliver > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >>> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> > >> -Ben > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > >
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