Re: gEDA-dev: netlist route styles

[Levente Kovacs <leventelist@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:02:38 +0100
Peter Clifton <pcjc2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, 2008-06-02 at 16:59 +0000, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote:
> > On Wed, 28 May 2008 23:43:11 +0200, Levente Kovacs wrote:
> > 
> > > By the way... I think it would be nice if a *.pcb file only
> > > contained references to footprints (a la gschem), not the copy of
> > > them like as it is now.
> > 
> > With pcb layout I'd regard referencing to external footprints a non-
> > feature. The layout would be vulnerable to breakage --> not good.
> 
> We need a hybrid approach, where the in-PCB cached version is
> retained, yet PCB can inform you / allow you to mass-update
> footprints which have changed on disk.

Yes, exactly. The program I use at my day job keeps a local footprint
database, and has the ability to update it from an external one.

I am about to hire someone to implement this feature.

-- 
Levente Kovacs <leventelist@xxxxxxxxx>



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