Re: gEDA-user: Fwd: Parts DB API: the story so far

[Bert Timmerman <bert.timmerman@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi DJ,

You hit the nail right on the head :)

IMHO gEDA could do with a library of light symbols and the attachment of
attributes to the light symbols could be done with:

a) a simple attribute editor widget,

b) spreadsheet-like functionality (i.e. gattrib),

c) DB-like functionality (from flat csv-files or more intricate stuff).

Just my EUR 0.02

Kind regards,

Bert Timmerman.

On Wed, 2007-12-26 at 14:47 -0500, DJ Delorie wrote:
> > > It is certainly true that if a DB is required to run gEDA,
> > 
> > Thats an opinion or a belief not a proven fact.
> 
> I think you two are arguing different things.
> 
> Stuart claims that REQUIRING a database ENGINE for ANY use of gEDA is
> bad for the project.
> 
> Steve claims that ALLOWING a database SCHEMA for MANY uses of gEDA is
> good for the project.
> 
> I think you can both be happy with a gEDA that MAY use a database
> engine, but does not NEED one.  Likewise, gEDA may ship with a
> "database" which is merely a collection of CSV text files - complex
> enough for simple uses yet without the dependency hell of requiring a
> relational database engine.
> 
> 
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