Re: gEDA-user: gschem, More than one component found with name ...

[John Doty <jpd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Oct 18, 2007, at 9:19 PM, Ales Hvezda wrote:

>
>> Peter B wants (and I think this is a good thing) to start embedding
>> symbols by default, so this code will change at some point.
>
> I'm still on the fence on this change.  All the weirdness associated
> with embedded symbols should be fixed first before the default is
> changed.  And hopefully all the licensing issues with embedded symbols
> has been hashed out as well (the license text on the gEDA website  
> mentions
> embedded symbols a little bit, this should probably be really  
> explicitly
> cleared up).

I do not think this is a good change at all. Symbols should not be  
copied into the schematic file, they should be copied into the  
project's private symbol area and instantiated in the schematic. That  
yields the best behavior: edit the symbol, get project-wide changes.

Of course, the recent versions are also reckless about attribute  
promotion "out of the box". This interferes with the flexibility of  
instantiated components. Have to play with the rc files if I want,  
for example, to be able to easily change the footprint of every  
instance of something after the schematic is drawn.

>
> For one (just one) list of odd behaviors with embedded components  
> look at:
> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php? 
> func=detail&aid=1692626&group_id=161080&atid=818426
>
> -Ales
>
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John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
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