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

On May 6, 2010, at 2:18 PM, DJ Delorie wrote:

> 
>> That's what sinks all forms of general-purpose parts database,
>> including the ever popular proposed library of heavy symbols.
> 
> If you're just going to just down everyone's attempt to solve this
> problem, please stop responding to it.  We want to solve this problem,
> even if you don't, so stop being so negative and let us do it.

You keep talking about software mechanisms to use a database that will never exist. That shows a complete misunderstanding of the nature of the problem. Please don't pollute the tools with unusable features.

Again, it's like the SPICE model problem. We already have a software solution: just attach model-name=whatever to the symbol. Easy ... not.

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




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