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Rather than checking the .mpy files into the repository, it might be better to use the 'Releases' mechanism to make it downloadable as a zip file, essentially the same as what is in the bundle, but just for that one library.

If I understand you correctly, we do have these .zip files already, for example: https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_HID/releases/tag/6.1.1.

Unlike Circup, you do not need to know the precise name of the library.

circup has a "match" feature: adafruit/circup#62

particularly in the truly horrible 'read the docs' site!

Are you talking about https://docs.circuitpython.org/projects/bundle/en/latest/drivers.html ? I opened an issue in the past about including the library name in there: #418

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My apologies Dan! You know how sometimes you are looking right at something and not seeing it! I was expecting to see 'Releases' in the menu bar along the top. I think this does what I wanted. It might be better for the Learn Guides to point people to this and/or Circup. The bundles are getting way too large for comfort!

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The bundles are 13-14MB each at this point. If you have slow internet, I can see that might be a bit annoying, though it's basically once or day or less.

I made a typo in my reply (now fixed) and didn't make clear my question about the readthedocs page for libraries. If you have some suggestions, let us know.

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The size does also make it hard to find the right driver, especially as it might be a folder, a py or a mpy file, and it might be in one of two different bundles (and sometimes not in a bundle at all).

My acid comment about ReadTheDocs was this sort of thing:
https://docs.circuitpython.org/projects/ch9328/en/latest/
Versus this, which I think this is a much better experience:
https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_CH9328
Including the experience of navigating to these pages in the first place when all you know is the chip reference CH9328.

But many thanks for your help. I am writing my first 'Playground' article which is about developing for Adafruit products using VS Code for a range of scenarios, Arduino, CircuitPython (USB Serial and UPDI) and Blinka on a remote Raspberry Pi.

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