Re: gEDA-dev: footprint cleanup

[Igor2 <igor2-at-NOSPAMinno_dot_bme_dot_hu>]

On Tue, 29 Aug 2006, Peter TB Brett wrote:

<snip>

>I agree that the way the PCB footprint libraries work at the moment are really 
>pretty impenetrable and user-unfriendly.  But *please* don't throw the baby 
>out with the bathwater!
>
>Peter

I agree. I think a beginner won't care whether it's m4 or not, the
difference in the selector window is not that clear. And if he doesn't
know, why would he care? 

I also like the idea that we don't have 10000 megabytes of footprint files
which differ only in 2 bits from one another. Maybe because I don't have
160 GB disks :)

Maybe the best would be to have a HID or other _simple_ C api to separate
the footprint loading and have the newlib and the m4 code in different
directories, like the HIDs in hid/. This also would allow one to expand
the footprint side easier (databases and whatevers).

Regards,

Igor2



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