[Pkg-electronics-devel] Bug#1136660: Bug#1136660: Bug#1136660: kicad: ship from_csv_generator.py please

[Christopher Obbard]

Hi,

On Mon, 29 Jun 2026 at 13:25, Christopher Obbard <obbardc at debian.org> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, 29 Jun 2026 at 13:19, Carsten Schoenert <c.schoenert at t-online.de> wrote:
> >
> > Hello Ari,
> >
> > Am Thu, May 14, 2026 at 02:43:46PM +0200 schrieb Ari:
> > >
> > > Package: kicad
> > > Version: 10.0.1+dfsg-1
> > > Severity: wishlist
> > >
> > > Dear Maintainers,
> > >
> > > kicad upstream has a script to generate symbols from csvs:
> > > kicad-library-utils/symbol-generators/from_csv_generator.py
> > >
> > > It would be nice if one of the debian packages would include this script,
> > > probably kicad-symbols
> >
> > the source you referenced is (from Debian POV) another source which
> > should probably also get end in a own Debian package. We could maybe
> > include these files and helper also int the src:kicad package.
> >
> > But for this someone need to step up and take responibility on doing
> > that. I've no further knowldge on how to use these scripts and helper,
> > that makes it nearly impossible for me to provide and package the stuff
> > into something useful.
>
> It sounds like kicad-library-utils should be packaged its own source package.
> I can do that if no one else wants to. I'll file an ITP in the next few days.

I filed an ITP: #1141082

Seems simple enough to package, just need to find a spare hour ;-)

Cheers!

Chris