Re: gEDA-user: PCB pcblib-newlib and

[Dan McMahill <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John Luciani wrote:
> On Dec 19, 2007 12:46 PM, Michael Stovenour <mstovenour@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Well they are easy enough to fix, but I can't rely on the standard library because it is over written when I do an update.

it will be fixed tonight.

> I would not rely on a library that could change with each release. If
> you find symbols in the standard library that you
> like review them, generate newlib files and move the newlib files to a
> directory containing "released" footprints.
> Only use "released" footprints in your design.

I've thought about ways to address this issue of how do you get 
corrected footprints without getting changes you maybe didn't want.  I 
had some ideas but just haven't had time to implement them.

Even in your case, a "released" directory doesn't always mean "never 
changing" unless you version the names....

-Dan




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