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Subject: Re: [geda-user] Pin mapping (separate symbols from mappings)
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On Oct 18, 2015, at 4:25 PM, DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

>=20
>> In my opinion, geda-gaf must remain neutral with respect to the
>> specifics of the downstream flow.
>=20
> If we added a tool that sat between gschem and <downstream> that
> "heavified" symbols, would that tool be part of geda-gaf and thus have
> to be neutral about <downstream>, or would that tool not be, and thus
> something geda-gaf would have to be neutral about?
>=20

A pcb-specific tool would be part of pcb, not geda-gaf, and it would =
have the burden of compatibility with geda-gaf. A tool that adjusts BOM =
and connectivity data upstream of the gnetlist back end (and is =
therefore compatible with all of the back ends) would be a proper part =
of geda-gaf.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
http://www.noqsi.com/
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