On 2/25/06, Karel Kulhavy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I suggest the gschem symbols DB-1.sym and DB-2.sym to be renamed to > DE-1.sym and DE-2.sym because according to Wikipedia it's the correct > designation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DB25
Regardless of which designation is correct, gEDA convention seems to prefer creating another new symbol with a higher version number (DE-3), rather than editing an older symbol-- that is, unless the older symbol is truly broken. More people will recognize DB-9 over DE-9 when looking for parts. If you really want to retire DB-1.sym and DB-2.sym, do you have a suggestion for an upgrade path? Symbolic links, maybe? A "deprecated symbol" warning message? (I'm trying not to get hung up on the pedantry of the DB-9 vs DE-9 debate, but it's really difficult...) -- - Charles Lepple
