Users with a trust level larger than X could be the "librarians". Granular trust levels like the one you're suggesting could be even better. I'm not insisting to having an elite group, but having a group that maintains the library. Looks like we're talking about the same approach at the end of the day.
I think http://stackoverflow.com/help/badges could be adapted for such a purpose. It not only associates trust to users but provides added incentives through gamification. On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 10:18 PM, Calvin Grier <ckgri...@gmail.com> wrote: > FWIW I think that any approach should aim to eliminate the librarians. An > open-source CAD tool simply doesn't have the funds to pay someone, and > unpaid people invite many other issues. Chris Morgan's idea to have > submissions subject to various levels of trust, with actual users voting > seems to be better for long-term maintenance. > > Thanks for the link to CircuitHub. They've got a very slick web interface > for creating parts. It would be nice if the "look-up" could be automated > through KiCAD. > > > On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 2:39 PM, László Monda <l...@monda.hu> wrote: >> >> Chris & Andrew, >> >> You're both welcome to publish your findings regarding your design >> decisions. I believe it'd be worthwile to peer-review and discuss >> different approaches. >> >> I consider CircuitHub the best solution so far. I think Dropbox >> integration is its best feature but its user interface never seemed >> intuitive to me and I'm not in peace with its basic principle - I >> really think that allowing every user to upload their own libraries is >> a recipe for disaster. Having 10 different kinds of 74HC595s, half of >> which is broken is not good for anyone. >> >> A powerful and user-friendly parametric library and footrprint >> generator would be so much useful to have. >> http://www.compuphase.com/electronics/kicadlibrarian_en.htm is by far >> the best implementation of this concept. >> http://kicad.rohrbacher.net/quicklib.php also nails the idea even >> though I think its user interface is terrible. >> >> For one-off parts maybe it'd useful to have something like CircuitHub >> but only if there'd be a set of parts approved by librarians >> (administrators of the site). Without librarians this approach seems >> to lead to chaos. >> >> I'd be interested in developing a web-based library and footprint >> generator eventually and maybe being a librarian by time. So far I've >> created http://mondalaci.github.io/dxf-to-svg-to-kicad-pcb-converter/ >> which solves a different problem but I believe it demonstrates the >> power of a very intuitive web user interface that just works. This >> could be done for footprints, too. >> >> On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 12:35 AM, Chris Morgan <chmor...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hi Andrew. >> > >> > Can I email you what I have when it's ready for first review? Then maybe >> > we >> > can iterate and discuss as you mentioned? I'd really like to get your >> > feedback before putting anything out for wide distribution. >> > >> > Chris >> > >> > >> > >> > On Aug 7, 2013, at 6:21 PM, Andrew Seddon <and...@circuithub.com> wrote: >> > >> > I'd just like to extend an offer I made to Chris. >> > >> > I've been working on a library creation/management solution full time >> > for a >> > couple of years now so have a pretty good grasp of the problem. If >> > anybody >> > is interested in pursing this I would be happy to take you through the >> > design decisions/trade-offs we made, which might act as a good starting >> > point, and perhaps highlight some of the things that could be done >> > differently (we tried a lot of different stuff). Happy to >> > Skype/Hangout/Phone etc. >> > >> > Cheers >> > >> > >> > On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 9:39 PM, Chris Morgan <chmor...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> It's good that you mentioned kicadcloud.com, I hadn't spotted that >> >> yet. I did receive email from Andrew @ circuithub and I asked some >> >> questions about API and other details. There may be potential to >> >> collaborate with them on the API. >> >> >> >> I'm putting together a write up of the problem, the possible >> >> online/cloud (although I really think that term is over used) solution >> >> and some implementation ideas. I'll try to follow up here in a few >> >> days once I have something that is enough to be beyond just some guy >> >> sending email to the kicad developers list. My initial email was to >> >> see if anyone else might be on board with the idea and to start to >> >> gather some details before doing all of that extra work. >> >> >> >> Chris >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 3:49 PM, László Monda <l...@monda.hu> wrote: >> >> > Chris, >> >> > >> >> > Not sure whether you've heard of https://circuithub.com/ or >> >> > http://www.kicadcloud.com/ but they're certainly related even though >> >> > none of them seem terribly useful to me at the moment. Maybe some of >> >> > these sites expose some webservice APIs - Could be a good way to >> >> > start. >> >> > >> >> > On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 1:40 AM, Chris Morgan <chmor...@gmail.com> >> >> > wrote: >> >> >> Hello. >> >> >> >> >> >> Sites like http://www.kicadlib.org/ are great for sharing libraries >> >> >> but I was thinking that having integrated online library sharing >> >> >> could >> >> >> better distribute the work while making it easier to share and use >> >> >> parts. A user could add add trusted sources to their remote >> >> >> libraries, >> >> >> contribute new parts, vote on parts etc. >> >> >> >> >> >> Thoughts? It would probably take a bit of effort to spec out and >> >> >> implement things, I was thinking of an indiegogo or kickstarter >> >> >> approach to fund the work. >> >> >> >> >> >> Chris >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> >> 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 >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > László Monda <http://monda.hu> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> 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 >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > -- >> > Andrew Seddon >> > Co-founder CircuitHub >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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 >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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 >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> László Monda <http://monda.hu> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > -- László Monda <http://monda.hu> _______________________________________________ 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
