Re: gEDA-user: RFC: Towards a better symbol/package pin-mapping strategy

[John Doty <jpd@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Jun 28, 2009, at 3:00 PM, Steven Michalske wrote:

> This is an age old debate in EDA software.  Where is the symbol weight
> stored?  In each symbol,  or in a database.
> ( Note when I say database, it can be a flat file or full blown
> relational SQL )
>
> The Heavy vs. Light symbol debate.   both answers are correct. let's
> build infrastructure for both.

It's not heavy versus light that matters. It's where you add the  
weight. The debate results from misunderstanding this.

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




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