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On Wed, 18 Mar 2015, Peter Stuge wrote:

>
> Parameterized part data is an important design goal for edacore; so
> that things like pad length extending from package can be tweaked
> globally per PCB design, for the prototype run that needs to be hand
> soldered.

I agree, edacore is a better long term solution. I forgot to mention this, 
but my suggestions did not aim to provide such a generic long term fix, 
but a temporary one that can bridge the gap short term and do not require 
any code modification in gschem, gaf or pcb.

Regards,

Igor2