Publish?

[TimRudy]

Hi Sicco,
Will you make this an official collection (as per PR #1)? Do you want to list it in https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AHKN015UBKr_EUMdBTnh8m93segdq5jyYwSP5YSIi40/edit#gid=0
which was mentioned in a thread in Google group? (no English translation in that)

I'm assuming yours is different from: https://github.com/FPGAwars/iceArith

[SiccoDwars]

Hello TimRudy,

I've lost track of this, it's been a while and I'm getting older... I would not know how to make this an "official collection". But if others want to turn it into that then I have no problem with that.

[TimRudy]

OK! The thing is, Obijuan has gone almost the last step to make this Icestudio-ArithmeticBlocks an official collection, which is great. If you wouldn't mind doing a couple of steps, I'll describe:

• click into Pull Request Collection reorganization #1
• the first file visible, README.md, is the main one
• he did reorganize this repo into a hierarchy (the way a visitor will see your actual files when browsing GitHub), so you will need to be OK with that; that looks sensible and good - it means the creation of the collection becomes a one-click thing (well maybe a few clicks)
• if you don't want to do edits in the Pull Request, I could do them - with my own Pull Request, let's see about that
• the links you see in README.md, like https://img.shields.io/badge/version-v0.1.0-orange.svg, are kind of cool; the link generates v0.1.0 dynamically (paste in browser to see); I'd recommend changing the text to v1.0.0, and you'll feel much more official about this; as if you won't ever have to make fixes, improvements or changes ;-)
• P.S. GitHub and its clicking and editing features are just amazing, so you can do edits and do whatever you want without becoming a Git and IT specialist
• next observation, the file locale/translation.js, Obijuan created with an automated script (I haven't done that process myself) - if you wanted a Dutch file you could do that - but no action is needed by you at this time; actually to be honest, I don't really understand why there's a list of English things there, and then I don't know if he did his own work, if he spent the time to do module descriptions in English and translations to Spanish
• to complete the version change: also in "package.json" down at the bottom, change
  "version": "0.1.0",
  to
  "version": "1.0.0",
• next, I see a slight issue: In the README file, there's a description, and this will be seen once you and I load this collection in Icestudio to test - using menu View -> Collection info, it will look like this:

Thus, your hierarchy with pre-selected fonts, and the images etc. (Nice, right? Choose what you want to display for title and description). For mine, the "Latest Release" comes from this text:
* Download the collection: [Latest Release](https://github.com/TimRudy/ice-chips-verilog/releases/latest)

I recommend yours should do the same. It should not be tied to the specific version number, so change the whole line to:
* Download the collection: [Latest Release](https://github.com/SiccoDwars/Icestudio-ArithmeticBlocks/releases/latest)

• now: last thing needed - am I causing a lot of work?

The reason my "official collection" is available at the "...releases/latest" link location is due to last step that you need to take (later, we can talk about it) - putting it in separate comment...

My regards!

[TimRudy]

Partly from my experience, and partly from what Obijuan said in the Google group:
Your .zip file containing the collection can be created for free, with no effort, using GitHub's abilities.

1. On GitHub at main page of your project, "Code" -> click Download ZIP

2. On GitHub at main page of your project, right side:
   Releases
   No releases published
   Create a new release
   (For convenience, I believe this will be your actual link so try it...)

• In Tag field, use "v1.0.0"
• For Title, use the same title as in your collection README or it doesn't matter, simple text "Arithmetic collection"
• For Description, use just "Initial"
• Attach the one thing, your Zip file, by drag & drop, as it's now in your Windows Downloads directory (if you're on Windows)

3. Click "Publish release"!

4. I can paste your project/collection into the docs.google.com/spreadsheet mentioned; it'll be some part of the Icestudio legacy