On Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:02:38 +0100 Peter Clifton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-06-02 at 16:59 +0000, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: > > On Wed, 28 May 2008 23:43:11 +0200, Levente Kovacs wrote: > > > > > By the way... I think it would be nice if a *.pcb file only > > > contained references to footprints (a la gschem), not the copy of > > > them like as it is now. > > > > With pcb layout I'd regard referencing to external footprints a non- > > feature. The layout would be vulnerable to breakage --> not good. > > We need a hybrid approach, where the in-PCB cached version is > retained, yet PCB can inform you / allow you to mass-update > footprints which have changed on disk. Yes, exactly. The program I use at my day job keeps a local footprint database, and has the ability to update it from an external one. I am about to hire someone to implement this feature. -- Levente Kovacs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ geda-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-dev
