Re: gEDA-user: Database on symbols, footprints and other (was "Re: gattrib")

[Britton Kerin <britton.kerin@xxxxxxxxx>]

   >   If you have a reference design that you're trying to modify or
   extend
   >   getting a working set of symbols takes most
   >   of the time.  And reference designs are the open source way.

     You can distribute symbol files with a reference design. No problem.
     Still, I'd expect to have to tweak them.
     Indeed, design reuse is a strength of the project symbol approach.
     Change packages, even parts selection (have symbols fast_npn.sym,
     etc, choose part to fit requirements later) by changing project
     symbols. Leave the schematics alone. Like changing include files in
     software.

   I was thinking more of the situation where you have a published circuit
   and want to capture it and build it on
   a board.  In this case you're probably not starting with gEDA stuff,
   and the pain of building the thing on a board
   is mostly the (effectively heavy) symbol creation.

   Britton


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