i have a bunch of 3d-models and some new footprints i would like to be included in the official 6.0 library on gitlab.
the last forum post regarding this i found is:
i will now also open the corresponding packages & footprint & symbols requests…
and if needed i will rework all of these for the easiest way.
→ please let me know!!!
i did not find any clear information if every merge request should only contain one component…
and i think - from looking around - that i should interpret this part in such a way:
Making a Merge Request
The KiCad libraries are hosted on GitLab - users can submit their contributions using the Merge Request mechanism. Instructions for submitting a merge request are provided below.
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4. Create a new branch in your local repository. This allows you to work on multiple contributions at the same time.
Make sure the branch starts from the current HEAD of the master.
Don’t add unrelated changes into the same branch
so i will remap all my contributions in this way.
yeah i thought so too - just saw the queue of 473 open merge-requests for the kicad-footrpint repro…
maybe a kicad library hack-weekend? to tackle this??
i would love to help at a event like this…
to be librarian is is currently out of my time
(and that seems to be the problem for most of the people)
for me personally it is most of the time the same story:
i have a project where i need one or two special footprints (with 3d models) -
if they are not there i make them - and try to follow the KLC -
and do a bunch of extra work to get theme community-library-read…
sometimes it feels a bit overwhelming to check all rules… but i try my best to fit it in the (limited) project time…
i use FreeCAD to generate the model and the footprint (export with StepUp)
so maybe i have to revisit my workflow and maybe its possible to intergrate some more auto-generate tools to StepUp…
and i think that for a bunch of people its a similar story…
so now i try to fix my backlog of components to be submitted to the community lib…
seems i have to find a bigger time-slot for this task now ;-).
The State of the Library (November 2020) is now outdated.
TBH, not that much happened in the meantime. We did get everything set up for the file-format changes in v6. The CI for symbols and footprints is up and running. The KLC fit the v6 features. Thanks to everybody that contributed there!
As for the 473 open MRs (its similar in the symbols repo)
I unfortunately don’t have a solution for that. Right now we are about two-ish people actively working on reviews. Given that one review usually takes roughly 1hour, and we do this in our free time, not much is happening.
One does not need to be a librarian to help, just do a review on a part that interests you. Any help is better than none. Ping me on gitlab when you are done; I’ll take a quick look and merge it.