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On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 9:38 AM, Girvin Herr <girvin DOT herr AT sbcglobal DOT net>wrote:

> Peter et al,
> I certainly hope that whatever you change, still transparently allows the
> use of the current (old) symbols in gschem.  If it does not, then that will
> break a ton of my schematics, which is not very friendly.  I tried
> embedding symbols in my schematics a while back, which was not entirely
> successful.  IIRC, it had to do with copying the embedded symbols.  As a
> result, all of my schematics reference my external library, which is
> populated with my own symbols as well as symbols copied from the standard
> gschem library and modified.  I would not be pleased if this connection
> were broken in 1.9.x and I get a slew of red triangles in my schematics.
>  In fact, by the standard software development versioning rules, if the API
> changes, the major version number should change.  i.e.  1.9.x should be 2.x.
> Girvin Herr
>

Exactly the same situation here.

Britton

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quo=
te">On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 9:38 AM, Girvin Herr <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a h=
ref=3D"mailto:girvin DOT herr AT sbcglobal DOT net" target=3D"_blank">girvin DOT herr AT sbcg=
lobal.net</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Peter et al,<br>
I certainly hope that whatever you change, still transparently allows the u=
se of the current (old) symbols in gschem. =A0If it does not, then that wil=
l break a ton of my schematics, which is not very friendly. =A0I tried embe=
dding symbols in my schematics a while back, which was not entirely success=
ful. =A0IIRC, it had to do with copying the embedded symbols. =A0As a resul=
t, all of my schematics reference my external library, which is populated w=
ith my own symbols as well as symbols copied from the standard gschem libra=
ry and modified. =A0I would not be pleased if this connection were broken i=
n 1.9.x and I get a slew of red triangles in my schematics. =A0In fact, by =
the standard software development versioning rules, if the API changes, the=
 major version number should change. =A0i.e. =A01.9.x should be 2.x.<span c=
lass=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br>

Girvin Herr</font></span><br><span class=3D"HOEnZb"></span><div class=3D"HO=
EnZb"><div class=3D"h5"></div></div></blockquote><div><br>Exactly the same =
situation here.<br><br>Britton<br>=A0</div></div><br></div></div>

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