Re: gEDA-user: solder/component --> top/bottom ?

[Andrew Poelstra <asp11@xxxxxx>]

On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 01:24:51AM +0200, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote:
> Just got fooled by the classic solder/component vs top/bottom, again. 
> It just won't stick with me, that "solder" is supposed to be a synonym
> to "top". I addressed the issue before about a year ago:
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.cad.geda.user/31354/focus=31356
> Consensus seemed to be that top/bottom is the way to go. Since then, 
> the naming scheme of gerber export was changed accordingly. Same with 
> the default layer names of a new layout. But the rest of the code and
> the docs is still working with solder/component. On some occasions, it
> is even back/front side.
> 
> I'd be motivated to prepare a series of patches to get away with 
> solder/component once and for all. Would be a bit of work, though.
> So I'll ask before I spend hunting them down: Would such a patch
> get applied (provided, it is well formed and all)? 
>

I'd vote for this.
 
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Andrew Poelstra
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