[Kicad-developers] request for comment about perhaps clearer strings

2020-08-30 Thread Marco Ciampa
Hello devs, a trivial rfc (I may be wrong of course): Why not call the "supply" pins "supply pins" and not "power pins"? I think it could be clearer. TIA -- Saluton, Marco Ciampa ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to :

[Kicad-developers] 5.1.7 string freeze

2020-08-30 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
The 5.1 branch of KiCad is officially under a string freeze. Please do not make any commits with string changes without first checking with the lead developers. The goal is to release 5.1.7 by the end of September so the cut of date for finishing up the translations and library changes is Septemb

Re: [Kicad-developers] Placing real components out of a database instead of: "Automatic assignment of footprint with a database"

2020-08-30 Thread Johann Wilhelm
Well, collaboration isn't so trival with a sql database either. I do work on the road. So, I'll have to have some local "cache". Doing changes to a csv and pushing them back via git is easy. And resolving conflicts with diff is easy too. To be honest, there are pros and cons to every approach. >