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Re: gEDA-user: footprints -- novice`s problems
> And I'd argue that even that isn't enough to qualify as a thorough
> verification. I might do a proto board without silk or soldermask and
> everything looks good except that the silk and soldermask for the
> footprint is messed up. Or I might be able to hand solder it but not
> have it be reliable or able to be reliably assembled in a factory
> environment.
So far, we've been going with the "vetted" flag, which just means
"I've used this footprint in a board that worked".
> I'm not saying we shouldn't do what we can because every little bit
> helps. I'm just saying there are many different levels of verification :)
Yeah.
> But on the instantiating each one bit, I've verified that at least there
> are no m4 syntax errors (there used to be). I have most of whats needed
> in place to automatically instantiate all footprints. In fact, we could
> probably use some of the gedasymbols.org scripts to have pcb try to load
> every single footprint and spit out a list of any which may have pcb
> syntax errors in them.
Well, just pcb built with the batch hid should be enough.
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