Hi DJ, You hit the nail right on the head :)
IMHO gEDA could do with a library of light symbols and the attachment of attributes to the light symbols could be done with: a) a simple attribute editor widget, b) spreadsheet-like functionality (i.e. gattrib), c) DB-like functionality (from flat csv-files or more intricate stuff). Just my EUR 0.02 Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. On Wed, 2007-12-26 at 14:47 -0500, DJ Delorie wrote: > > > It is certainly true that if a DB is required to run gEDA, > > > > Thats an opinion or a belief not a proven fact. > > I think you two are arguing different things. > > Stuart claims that REQUIRING a database ENGINE for ANY use of gEDA is > bad for the project. > > Steve claims that ALLOWING a database SCHEMA for MANY uses of gEDA is > good for the project. > > I think you can both be happy with a gEDA that MAY use a database > engine, but does not NEED one. Likewise, gEDA may ship with a > "database" which is merely a collection of CSV text files - complex > enough for simple uses yet without the dependency hell of requiring a > relational database engine. > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-user mailing list > geda-user@moria.seul.org > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user