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From: Kai-Martin Knaak <kmk AT familieknaak DOT de>
Subject: Re: [geda-user] The new to do
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 05:16:43 +0200
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Chris Smith (space DOT dandy AT icloud DOT com) [via 
geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:

>> * the notion of "packages", a container format for all information
>> on a component. E.g. symbol(s), footprint(s), value(s), spice
>> model, 3D models, notes, data sheets, ...
> 
> Actually, that’s one of the things about Eagle I really dislike.  I
> like separation between footprints and symbols.

It gets painful once you try to build a library that other users can 
just use. Currently, there is place to keep all the necessary 
information about a specific component. In particular, the 
many-to-many-many relation between symbols, footprints and values must 
be managed in the head of the user. 
 
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