That's a good point. In this case, matching the pin positions and numbers is going to be easy. It will be done before merging.
I did not want to create a new lib because the parts would essentially accomplish the same thing. Thanks for your input, Carl On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 4:00 PM, jp charras <[email protected]> wrote: > Le 19/03/2014 03:38, Carl Poirier a écrit : > > Hi folks, > > > > A contributor by the name of Michal Stec has sent updates to > > kicad-library. Specifically, he has sent a complete set of connectors > > from 1x1 to 2x40, made to match the fixed Pin_Arrays.pretty and > > Socket_Strips.pretty. I am wondering what would be best to do with the > > symbols. You can have a look at my suggestion here > > <https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-library/pull/3>. > > > > My idea is to ditch all the previous connectors for this complete set. > > I'm thinking, and if I'm wrong please explain why to me, that in a > > schematic, we would need only one set of connectors. Only the footprint > > would change to match the physical connector. The other reason I > > replaced all the old ones is because I thought they were weird a bit; > > it's like if they had an inverter on each pin. > > > > I would like to know other's thoughts on the matter, so that's why I > > only opened a pull request for now. > > > > Regards, > > > > Carl > > Thanks. > > Removing existing components in old libs could break existing schematics > which use them, because these components will be not found after > replacing the libs. > Fortunately, there is a copy of all component in lib cache, but removing > components is not good for compatibility. > You can replace old components by new component without any problem if > pins position and number and not modified (i.e. if only the body graphic > shape is modified) but be careful when removing/changing existing > components. > > Sometimes creating a new lib is better and more easy, because there is > no constraint. > > -- > Jean-Pierre CHARRAS > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-lib-committers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-lib-committers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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