Hi Peter C., and All, Was there a clearly posted RFC to move the 3 top level scheme variables "packages, ..." to the gnetlist-post.scm to be included in the 1.4.0 release? Normally that kind of things should not happen if we follow certain guildlines that if you are trying to fix gnet-spice-sdb.scm, it could be fixed without globally affecting others.
IMHO, if you intend to change globally something, then there should be clearly posted RFCs for them, so that people do not have to check every changes you made which should normally not affect them. Although to fix this is simple, but I am a bit concern what else could be changed in a similar uninformed fashion in the future, especially those features which might dictates gEDA's future architectural direction. I would like to suggest a forum post "geda-RFC" similar to the "geda-announce", so that the RFCs which have global significance are clearly visible to everyone. This is also a good way to avoid unintended mistakes. Best Regards, Paul Tan -----Original Message----- From: Peter Clifton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: geda-user <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 1:49 pm Subject: gEDA-user: Users of verilog and VHDL gnetlist backends -=(BREAKAGE IN 1.4.0)=- WARNING, USERS OF VHDL and VERILOG NETLIST BACKENDS, DON'T UPGRADE TO 1.4.0 Hi all, I was doing some work looking at adding attribute output to the verilog backend, and discovered some breakage. (It is dead in 1.4.0). I've done some tests, and it seems that the VHDL backend is also affected. This was an unfortunate side-effect of code changes introduced for slotting with spice-sdb between 1.3.0 and 1.4.0. I'm working on fixes to the appropriate .scm files, but until those are ready (and will go in 1.4.1), I'd suggest that anyone needing those back-ends does not upgrade past 1.3.0. Anyone interested, I have a gnet-verilog.scm backend fixed, and also handling attribute output for modules. (Useful for simulation, esp. when gnucap's Verilog-A support is out!) Sorry for the breakage, it slipped past the gnetlist test suite when I made the changes for spice-sdb. I hope to increase the gnetlist test-suite coverage as a result of this problem. It turns out that only a handful of the backends were being tested by it at all. Regards, -- Peter Clifton Electrical Engineering Division, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, 9, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0FA Tel: +44 (0)7729 980173 - (No signal in the lab!) _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AIM(R) Mail ! - http://webmail.aim.com _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
