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> >>> The basic problem is that referencing symbols in a global library requires that the global library not change. So, if you change the default library, you break old projects.
> > 
> > Not if symbols are copied into library and only updated then pressing the update button.
> > 
> 
> Not true. Symbols are, by default, accessed by referring to the symbol file name in gschem and gnetlist. Simply relaunching gschem or running gnetlist effectively updates your symbols from whatever the symbol files contain. You can embed symbols in the schematics, and that’s a solution in some cases, but it is too inflexible for others.
> 

For me it seems like a problem to never be allowed to change an old symbol without breaking schematics using them.