Hello I will just announce that I merged the pull request. I hope this will aid in getting the librarians to feel more part of the "official" KiCad, if they didn't before. I am glad that we have motivated librarians around.
I will encourage Oliver and Co. to write an article to the "blog" section if they see fit. http://kicad-pcb.org/post/ Nick 2017-10-18 17:04 GMT+02:00 Oliver Walters <oliver.henry.walt...@gmail.com>: > I have been working on this for a while, and have submitted the first > version here - https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-website/pull/219 > > On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 10:01 PM, 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 > >
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