Add version for KiCAD v7 and/or v8

[DeflateAwning]

It seems like this project is for v4? Can you please add a version for KiCAD v7 and/or v8? Thanks!

[mfhepp]

Thanks for the proposal; however, the project is not actively maintained and I do not have the resources to update it at the moment.

[DeflateAwning]

May I suggest archiving this repo if you are taking a strong stance against supporting it, or reopening this issue until it is completed (even if that is never). This project is still linked to, so it's helpful to see that this is an active reasonable request. You closed it as "completed", which it is not.

[mfhepp]

You are right - I will re-open this :-). But I will likely only update it once I will have completed my migration to V8, so there will be a V8 version, not a V7.

[DeflateAwning]

Thanks! I like that I created this a day before the v8 release; v8 is the way to go now.

[mfhepp]

I toyed around with Kicad 8 and looked into the current Kicad templates mechanism and think that it will be better to turn this project into a proper KiCad template.

The proprietary rename.sh script would become obsolete by this, as far as I understand.

Note that all the additional folders and files (like datasheets/ etc.) should be copied by Kicad automatically when using such an extended template.

Notes to self:

1. It may be necessary to place "dummy" files into such placeholder directories. A README.md looks better to me than the historic .gitkeep technique.
2. Note that Kicad will not copy files starting with a dot, except for .gitignore and .gitattributes. Others may need to be handled manually:

   "Files with names beginning with the . character (dotfiles) are not copied. There is a special case for files named .gitignore or .gitattributes, which are copied if they exist."

[mfhepp]

Todo:

• Convert to V8
• Convert to Kicad Template
• Test if directories and additional files are copied properly
• Update documentation
• Add meta/ folder with info.html
• Convert hero image to a 64 x 64 pixel PNG image and to meta as icon.png