Re: gEDA-user: Resistor values…

[John Doty <jpd@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Dec 23, 2010, at 8:27 PM, kai-martin knaak wrote:

> Oh my, a symbol without a value attribute!
> I forgot, just how light the default library symbols are.
> Can anyone point me to a reason? Why do we distribute the
> default library in such a crippled state?

Because the default library is a mixed bag of symbols created by various people at various times in support of various design flows?

> Yes, a default 
> library can only be a starting point and cannot fit 
> everybody's needs. But does the starting point really
> have to be so poor that it fits virtually nobody's needs

Well, I was using the valueless passive symbols quite a bit yesterday. But I guess I'm "virtually nobody".

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
http://www.noqsi.com/
jpd@xxxxxxxxx




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