Re: gEDA-dev: File format version change...

[Peter Clifton <pcjc2-at-NOSPAMcam_dot_ac_dot_uk>]

On Mon, 2008-11-10 at 11:55 +0000, gdedwards@blueyonder.co.uk wrote:
> Hi Peter,
> 
> > This means, for anyone using the next version of gEDA on their current
> > (fileformat_ver = 1) schematics, they will get prompted to run
> > g[sym|sch]update on them.
> >
> ...
> > Since we don't error out in this case at the moment.. what would tend to
> > happen if the user _didn't_ run g[sym|sch]update? Would they get
> > auto-upgraded? What is / was the purpose of the above utilities?
> 
> 
> FWIW, I've been running a CVS build since you fixed the gattrib bug I
> reported recently and I have been getting exactly that message in the log
> (against the symbols I use) when I open my schematic. I've been cheerfully
> ignoring them - maybe I should have asked the list....

Sure, there is no need to run g[sym|sch]update on "version 1" files
(which you will have). As you save them with the latest gEDA, you'll
probably be ending up with "version 2" files, which aside from path
support are completely compatible with version 1.

I didn't really phrase my question very well to the -dev list.. it
should be..

"What were g[sym|sch]update used for in the past, and are they ever
likely to be relevant again?"

-- 
Peter Clifton

Electrical Engineering Division,
Engineering Department,
University of Cambridge,
9, JJ Thomson Avenue,
Cambridge
CB3 0FA

Tel: +44 (0)7729 980173 - (No signal in the lab!)



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