Hi DJ and all on the list, On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 20:43 -0500, DJ Delorie wrote: > > > gschem and pcb both really just want light symbols/footprints. > > > > this is where I really disagree. If you change the package, then > > you are changing the part. > > Do either gschem or pcb need to know that? We think of a project as > being controlled by two files: the schematics, and the board. Why not > three? Schematics, board, BOM. Does pcb really need to know the > vendor part number? Does gschem? All gschem needs to know is, for > example, "2-in NAND", and all PCB needs to know is that pin 7 of U2, a > TSOP-32, needs to be connected to ... etc.
Does gschem really has to know it's a "2-in AND" ? More specific: does gschem has a notion of the and function ? And another one: does gschem fully grasp the "2-in" concept with swapable pins ? All gschem and pcb have in common is the refdes, pin info and connectivity. Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user