Save all footprints and symbols in KiCad V8

[IamPhytan]

Updated component libraries for KiCad V8, using kicad-cli

[rpolasek]

it'd be really nice if somebody from @Digi-Key merges these changes :-)

[IamPhytan]

Maybe @ShawnHymel knows someone in @DigiKey who could help merge these PRs.

This library is part of his KiCad tutorial. Keeping it unmaintained affects the long term support of his tutorial

[CameronBrooks11]

Hello, adding my voice here to get this merged in. @bombledmonk was the last one to make a commit adding the advisory so perhaps he can merge it in

[jlaustill]

Can we please get this merged? Or is somebody maintaining a fork maybe?

[IamPhytan]

Can we please get this merged? Or is somebody maintaining a fork maybe?

@jlaustill This pull request is coming from my fork: https://github.com/IamPhytan/digikey-kicad-library/tree/v8

[CameronBrooks11]

Can we please get this merged? Or is somebody maintaining a fork maybe?

When I first commented on this issue above, I considered maintaining a fork myself but decided against it (since the library is positioned as a company resource it didn’t feel like the right approach). Ultimately, the best solution would be for a current maintainer to add another active maintainer - someone who regularly uses KiCad, this library, and GitHub, so progress can actually be made.