Re: [Kicad-developers] Version 5 upgrade document review.

2018-06-23 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
Hey hauptmech For the most part I'm fine with these changes. I think that the first two paragraphs (sentences) in the "Schematic Symbol Libraries" section of the version upgrade document could be merged into a single paragraph since they are related. If no one else objects to these changes,

Re: [Kicad-developers] Version 5 upgrade document review.

2018-06-22 Thread hauptmech
Hi Wayne, Really awesome that you are creating this documentation! A couple thoughts: * No one reads documentation unless they have to. Usually after stabbing in the dark for a while. * If one has to read documentation, one wants it short and to the point. * Whatever basic knowledge you want

Re: [Kicad-developers] Version 5 upgrade document review.

2018-06-22 Thread Marco Ciampa
My 2 cents suggestions... On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 11:29:11AM -0500, Adam Wolf wrote: > I think this looks pretty good. Agree. [...] > What about adding a sentence near the beginning that says something > like "Ideally, upgrading to a new version of KiCad would take no > effort on your part.

Re: [Kicad-developers] Version 5 upgrade document review.

2018-06-22 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
Good catch. I just pushed the fix to my repo. Thanks. Wayne On 06/22/2018 02:33 PM, Steven A. Falco wrote: > A small typo - the last note in the file has the phrase "by using opening". > That should either be "by using" or "by opening". > > Steve > > On 06/22/2018 12:10 PM, Wayne

Re: [Kicad-developers] Version 5 upgrade document review.

2018-06-22 Thread Steven A. Falco
A small typo - the last note in the file has the phrase "by using opening". That should either be "by using" or "by opening". Steve On 06/22/2018 12:10 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > I pushed the v5 upgrade document to my personal repo[1] on git hub. I > made it part of the KiCad

Re: [Kicad-developers] Version 5 upgrade document review.

2018-06-22 Thread Adam Wolf
We can install different versions of the KiCad apps on macOS, but it is not easy to have different versions of the "support directory" at the same time. Adam On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 1:21 PM Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > > On 06/22/2018 12:29 PM, Adam Wolf wrote: > > I think this looks pretty good. >

Re: [Kicad-developers] Version 5 upgrade document review.

2018-06-22 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
On 06/22/2018 12:29 PM, Adam Wolf wrote: > I think this looks pretty good. > > Is there somewhere we suggest people should go to ask for help? The KiCad user forum is the best place to go for help. > > What about adding a sentence near the beginning that says something > like "Ideally,

Re: [Kicad-developers] Version 5 upgrade document review.

2018-06-22 Thread Adam Wolf
I think this looks pretty good. Is there somewhere we suggest people should go to ask for help? What about adding a sentence near the beginning that says something like "Ideally, upgrading to a new version of KiCad would take no effort on your part. We take effort to minimize changes that

[Kicad-developers] Version 5 upgrade document review.

2018-06-22 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
I pushed the v5 upgrade document to my personal repo[1] on git hub. I made it part of the KiCad documentation but I don't have a strong opinion about where to add it. This just seemed like the most logic place. Please review it when you get a chance. If you find any issues let me know, send me