Re: gEDA-user: Gnetlist -g PCB

[John Doty <jpd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Jun 29, 2008, at 12:49 PM, Wojciech Kazubski wrote:
> ...
>  The "passive" pintype is specified for such case and  means that  
> the pin can be connected with anything else without error or warning.
> Another variable resistor pot-bourns-1.sym does have all pins  
> declared as passive.

In the context of the details of drc2's arbitrary rules, that's the  
correct designation. But there's nothing universal or even, in most  
cases, especially useful about those rules. They plainly confuse  
symbol authors.

> ...
> Agree, DRC check works only for classic digital logic and does not  
> cover all possible design errors.

Nothing covers all possible design errors. The trouble with drc2 is  
that it hides the genuine errors in a fog of confusion. It is  
emphatically *not* a reasonable tool for newbies.

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




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