Re: gEDA-dev: pcb-20060822 snapshot

[Dan McMahill <dan-at-NOSPAMmcmahill_dot_net>]

Peter Clifton wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-08-22 at 22:22 -0400, Dan McMahill wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have just uploaded the latest pcb snapshot to sourceforge.  Release 
>> note are attached at the bottom of this email.  Enjoy!
>>
>> -Dan
> 
> Hi, 
> 
> Sorry to be a pain about this, but I was woundering if someone was able
> to shed any light on the geda M4 footprint library bug of missing
> "PKG_RECTANGULAR2" and "PKG_RECTANGULAR2N". Have they _ever_ been
> present?

Without going through cvs history I couldn't tell you.  Those macros, 
and a few other library issues are on my continual list of things to do.

> It would be nice to have the parts library distributed with PCB in a
> working state, as it is this kind of thing which upsets users (Novice
> and more experienced alike). I'd prefer not to have to cull the affected
> symbols from our install.

It is an ongoing project.  By the next snapshot I hope to have 
implemented some automated tests which at least verifies that there are 
no syntax errors in any of the distributed footprints.  A longer term 
project is to continue to go through and fix or remove various others.

On this topic, how do people feel about some of the footprints which are 
"heavy".  In other words, there are some 7400 series footprints which 
are nothing more than instances of DIP packages that have names (like A, 
B, Y, VCC, VEE) associated with the pins and the part number filled in. 
  My personal feeling is that I only want to distribute "light" 
footprints.  In other words, distribute a DIP14N and if you want that 
part-specific info attached you must do it yourself.

For gschem users, the code is there to forward annotate all of the pin 
information (names, not just numbers) from gschem to pcb.

Perhaps I should start moving packages that are destined for removal 
into a "obsolete" library for a few snapshots before they are removed.

-Dan










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