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From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] Refdes bug or Master Attribute Document on the Wiki
needs update.
In-Reply-To: <39F95153-164B-4676-9321-D0AB679E7F19@noqsi.com> (message from John Doty on Wed, 30 Jan 2019 13:00:10 -0500)
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 13:07:10 -0500
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John Doty <jpd AT noqsi DOT com> writes:
> But that should be a choice, defined by the scripting for a particular
> flow, not in the core code. There aren’t just these two mechanisms,
> either. Allegro, for example, has a much more elaborate mechanism that
> keeps track of the symmetries within slots (which input to the NAND
> you use doesn’t matter), as well as the symmetries between slots
> (which slot your use doesn’t matter).

I think this legacy treatment of refdes's by PCB is "universally
unliked" by devs, and perhaps there are few enough remaining pcb users
that we can safely nuke it from orbit now.

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